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Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Atlantic mudskipper
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India country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108), Uttara Kannada rivers, Karnataka (Ref. 45204), mouth of river Hooghly, Sunderbans, West Bengal, Port Blair, Nankauri Islands, Nicobar (Ref. 45255). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs further confirmation.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rao, K.V.R., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Periophthalminae
Etymology: Periophthalmus: Greek, peri = around + Greek, ophthalmos = eye (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 1672); 21°N - 18°S, 18°W - 14°E

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