Mudskipper relatives

Mudskipper relatives
Mudskipper ( Periophthalmus modestus )
Systematics
Acanthomorphata Spinefish (Acanthopterygii) Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Order : Gobies (Gobiiformes) Family : Oxudercidae Subfamily : Mudskipper relatives
Scientific name
Oxudercinae
Günther , 1861

The mudskippers relatives (Oxudercinae), formerly Periophthaminae are a subfamily of Oxudercidae within the Grundelartigen (Gobiiformes). The pectoral fins are very muscular and can be used as a means of transport on land.

Occurrence

They live in estuaries and tidal areas in the Red Sea and the tropical Indo-Pacific , from East Africa to northern Australia and Samoa . A few species are also found on the coasts of Korea and southern Japan, as well as on the north coast of Taiwan . One species, the Atlantic mudskipper ( Periophthalmus barbarus ), lives on the coast of West Africa from Angola to Senegal .

Way of life

Oxudercinae live amphibiously in salt water or brackish water . Only a few species go up the rivers into fresh water. While dealing mudskippers ( Periophthalmus ) are preferred on land, in the wet mud and mangroves staying roots and at the onset of flood jump inland, the other species usually remain in the water and bounce just short of a low tide tümpel to the next. The fish are territory-forming and defend small territories or ponds against rivals.

They are 5 to 27 centimeters long , depending on the species .

Genera and species

Boleophthalmus boddarti

Periophthalmodon schlosseri in the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore

Periophthalmodon septemradiatus at Frankfurt Zoo

Periophthalmus gracilis

Periophthalmus novemradiatus

• Apocryptes Valenciennes, 1837
  • Apocryptes bato (Hamilton, 1822)
• Apocryptodon Bleeker, 1874
  • Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934
• Boleophthalmus
  • Boleophthalmus birdsongi
  • Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) ( Glotzauge )
  • Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus
  • Boleophthalmus dussumierie
  • Boleophthalmus pectinirostris
  • Boleophthalmus poti Polgar et al., 2013
• Oxuderces
  • Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
  • Oxuderces wirzi (Koumans, 1937)
• Parapocryptes
  • Parapocryptes batoides (Day, 1876)
  • Parapocryptes maculatus (Oshima, 1926)
  • Parapocryptes rictuosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846)
• Periophthalmodon
  • Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770)
  • Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Periophthalmodon tredecemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822)
• Mudskipper ( periophthalmos )
  • Periophthalmus argentilineatus
  • Periophthalmus barbarus
  • Periophthalmus chrysospilos
  • Periophthalmus gracilis
  • Periophthalmus kalolo
  • Periophthalmus koelreuteri
  • Periophthalmus malaccensis
  • Periophthalmus minutus
  • Periophthalmus modestus
  • Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis
  • Periophthalmus novemradiatus
  • Periophthalmus spilotus
  • Periophthalmus waltoni
  • Periophthalmus weberi
• Scartelaus
  • Scartelaos cantoris (Day, 1871)
  • Scartelaos gigas Chu & Wu, 1963
  • Scartelaus histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Scartelaos tenuis (Day, 1876)
• Zappa Murdy, 1989
  • Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978)

literature

• Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
• Hans Horsthemke: Oxudercinae. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. 2 volumes. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 733 f.

Web links

Commons : Oxudercinae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mudskipper relatives on Fishbase.org (English)