New Guinea mudskipper

Species of fish

New Guinea mudskipper

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Gobiiformes
Family:  | Oxudercidae
Genus:  | Periophthalmus
Species:  |

P. novaeguineaensis

Binomial name
Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis

Eggert, 1935

Synonyms

* Periophthalmus cantonensis novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935
* Periophthalmus expeditionium Whitley, 1953
* Periophthalmus murdyi Larson & Takita, 2004

The New Guinea mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis) is a species of mudskippers native to fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of Australia and Indonesia. This species occurs in estuaries and tidal creeks as well as mangrove forests and nipa palm stands This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.

## External links

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* Fishes of Australia : http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2259

Taxon identifiers

Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis|

* Wikidata: Q2526648
* Wikispecies: Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis
* ADW: Periophthalmus_novaeguineaensis
* AFD: Periophthalmus_novaeguineaensis
* BOLD: 111962
* CoL: 77662
* FishBase: 26515
* GBIF: 2376973
* iNaturalist: 530081
* IRMNG: 10995447
* ITIS: 637849
* IUCN: 161070284
* Observation.org: 199557
* OBIS: 277978
* Open Tree of Life: 3637800
* uBio: 135041
* WoRMS: 277978

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