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Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Periophthalminae
Etymology: Periophthalmus: Greek, peri = around + Greek, ophthalmos = eye (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Western Pacific: Andaman Islands, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines and Peninsular Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Distinguished by the following characteristics: pelvic frenum lacking or only visible with magnification; membrane uniting medial rays of pelvic fin slight to moderate; D1 height moderate, its margin straight to slightly convex, a brown stripe mesially and many white
spots proximally, no elongate spines; D2 with single dusky stripe mesially; dorsal fins not connected by membrane; D 1 with 10-17 spines; longitudinal scale count 62-78; head width 14.2-18,9% SL; pelvic fin length 11.6-14.8% SL; length of anal fin base 15.7-19.3% SL; length ofD2 base 20. 1-22.7% SL; totalD2elements 11-13; total anal fin elements 11-12; TRDB 16-19 (Ref. 5218).
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); An intertidal and amphibious air-breather that actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air (Ref. 31184).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Murdy, E.O., 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 11:1-93. (Ref. 5218)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 26.9 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1646 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00336 - 0.01560), b=2.95 (2.76 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).