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The giant mudskipper is highly territorial and aggressive, which they express by mouth gaping, raising their fins, pigment darkening, and chasing. [1] Aside from fighting with their mouths, the giant mudskipper rarely interacts with others of its species and is a solitary animal. [24] A giant mudskipper swimming with its eyes above water.
Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family Oxudercidae. [2] They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestrial locomotion and jumping , and the ability to survive prolonged periods of time both in and out of water.
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)
Periophthalmodon freycineti, the pug-headed mudskipper, is a species of mudskipper from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the gobiiform family Oxudercidae. It distribution extends from the Philippines through eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Queensland . [ 1 ]
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus [1] Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Barred mudskipper) Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic mudskipper) Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1852; Periophthalmus darwini Larson & Takita, 2004 (Darwin's mudskipper) [2] Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 ...
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Periophthalmodon septemradiatus is a species of mudskipper found along tropical shorelines of the eastern Indian Ocean where it occurs in marine, brackish and fresh waters from India to Mekong Delta Vietnam, Indonesia. It is found along in estuaries as well as in the rivers.