''Periophthalmodon'' is a genus of

mudskipper Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family Oxudercidae. They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestrial locomotion an ...

s found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in

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and

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, Australia.

Species

There are currently three species in the genus: * ''

Periophthalmodon freycineti ''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 an ...

'' ( Quoy &

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, 1824) (Pug-headed mudskipper) * ''

Periophthalmodon schlosseri The giant mudskipper (''Periophthalmodon schlosseri'') is a species of mudskipper native to the tropical shores of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in marine, brackish and fresh waters. It is most frequently ...

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, 1770) (Giant mudskipper) * ''

Periophthalmodon septemradiatus ''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 Indonesia. It is found along in estuaries as well as in ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822)

References

Mudskippers Oxudercinae Amphibious fish {{Gobiiformes-stub