Periophthalmus schlosseri Ford 66 == giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)

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Subject:	Periophthalmus schlosseri Ford 66 == giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
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Periophthalmodon schlosseri syn. Periophthalmus schlosseri
(The species names / identity need verification. The original plates showed the fishes facing right and have been flipped here. Periophthalmus schlosseri)
Date 1878
Source Francis Day (1878) The Fishes of India. Volume 2.
Author George Henry Ford (1808–1876)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Periophthalmus_schlosseri_Ford_66.jpg

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 found along muddy shores in estuaries as well as in the tidal zones of rivers. It lives in a burrow in the mud and emerges from the burrow at low tide on sunny days. Periophthalmodon schlosseri can move quickly across a muddy surface and is capable of breathing both in and out of water.

Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Periophthalmodon
Species: Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770)
Synonyms:
- Gobius schlosseri Pallas, 1770
- Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770)

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