Periophthalmus (Mud Jumper) is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae that is native to coastal mangrove woods and shrubland in the Indo-Pacific region, except for P. barbarus, which lives on the Atlantic coast of Africa. It is one of the genera commonly known as . Periophthalmus fishes are remarkable for using limited terrestrial locomotion and jumping to live temporarily out of water to feed on insects and small invertebrates. All Periophthalmus species are aggressive and territorial.
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus
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Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Barred mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus barbarus (Carl Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus chrysospilos Pieter Bleeker, 1852
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Periophthalmus darwini Larson & Toru Takita, 2004 (Darwin's mudskipper)
[Larson, H.K. & Takita, T. (2004): Two New Species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from Northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 20: 175-185.]
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Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 (Graceful mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 (Common mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Yong-Joo Lee, Youn Choi & Ryu Bong-Suk, 1995
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Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935
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Periophthalmus minutus Eggert, 1935 (Minute mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842 (Shuttles mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 (New Guinea mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus novemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Pearse's mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus pusing Zeehan Jaafar, Gianluca Polgar & Yuliadi Zamroni, 2016
[Jaafar, Z., Polgar, G. & Zamroni, Y. (2016): Description of a new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Lesser Sunda Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 278–283.]
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Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Toru Takita, 1999
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Periophthalmus takita Zeehan Jaafar & Larson, 2008 (Takita's mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935
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Periophthalmus walailakae Udomsak Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002
[Darumas, U. & Tantichodok, P. (2002): A new species of mudskipper (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from southern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biology Center, Research Bulletin No. 64: 101–107.]
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Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 (Walton's mudskipper)
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Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 (Weber's mudskipper)
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