Periophthalmodon

Periophthalmodon is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae. It is one of the genera commonly known as mudskippers, found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.^[1]

Periophthalmodon
Giant mudskipper (P. schlosseri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Oxudercinae
Genus:	Periophthalmodon Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius schlosseri Pallas, 1770

Species

There are currently three species in the genus:^[1]

• Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pug-headed mudskipper)
• Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Giant mudskipper)
• Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822)