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Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymGobius barbarus Linnaeus, 1766
synonymGobius koelreuteri Pallas, 1770
synonymPeriophtalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymPeriophtalmus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymPeriophtalmus koelrenteri (Pallas, 1770)
synonymPeriophtalmus koelreuteri (Pallas, 1770)
synonymPeriophtalmus koelruteri (Pallas, 1770)
synonymPeriophtalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymPeriophthalmus barbarous (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymPeriophthalmus chrysospilos (non Bleeker, 1852)
synonymPeriophthalmus chrysospilus (non Bleeker, 1852)
synonymPeriophthalmus erythronemus Guichenot, 1861
synonymPeriophthalmus erythronotus Guichenot, 1858
synonymPeriophthalmus gabonicus Duméril, 1861
synonymPeriophthalmus koelreuteri (Pallas, 1770)
synonymPeriophthalmus koelreuteri koelreuteri (Pallas, 1770)
synonymPeriophthalmus koelreuteri papilio Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymPeriophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymPeriophthalmus papillon Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymPeriopthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
🗒 Common Names
No Data
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Freshwater, Brackish
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Eyes protruding and close together with lower eyelid fold; snout deep; mouth horizontal. Two separate dorsal fins, the first high, with 11 flexible spines, the second lower, its base longer than the distance from end to caudal fin origin; pectoral fins with a long muscular lobe; pelvic fins united across bases; caudal fin with lower rays short, and stout. Color is brownish with oblique dark bars, belly lighter; dorsal fins with a broad distal longitudinal dark band and pale edge.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Miller, P.J. 1981 Periophthalmidae. In: W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. vols. 1-7. pag. var.
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Life Cycle
    Probably a multiple spawner .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
    Migration
    Amphidromous. Refers to fishes that regularly migrate between freshwater and the sea (in both directions), but not for the purpose of breeding, as in anadromous and catadromous species. Sub-division of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Size
    Max Length

    18 TL (unsexed) 

    Size

    25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Harrison, I.J. and P.J. Miller 1992 Gobiidae. p. 798-821. In: C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d"eaux douces et saumâtres d"Afrique de l"Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musee Royal de l"Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902
    Trophic Strategy
    Amphibious air-breather that skips or walks on sand or mud in search of food; that is, on exposed intertidal mud flats of estuarine mangrove swamps. Feeds chiefly on arthropods (crabs, insects, etc.) of the mud surface. Also included in the diet is the white man
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Grove, Avicennia nitida . Harrison, I.J. and P.J. Miller 1992 Gobiidae. p. 798-821. In: C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d"eaux douces et saumâtres d"Afrique de l"Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musee Royal de l"Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Habitat reef-associated; amphidromous ; freshwater; brackish; marine
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Description
    Remark

    Recorded from Chilka Lake

    Occurrence

    questionable 

    Distribution

    Africa: Senegal to Angola , including most offshore islands - Macias Nguema, São Tome, and Principe islands . Western Central Pacific: Guam .

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Harrison, I.J. and P.J. Miller 1992 Gobiidae. p. 798-821. In: C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d"eaux douces et saumâtres d"Afrique de l"Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musee Royal de l"Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902
    No Data
    📚 Occurrence
    No Data
    📚 Demography and Conservation
    Conservation Status
    Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    No Data
    📚 Uses and Management
    Uses
    fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=12803, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Turay, I., J.M. Vakily, M.L.D. Palomares and D. Pauly 2006 Growth, reproduction and food of the mudskipper, Periophthalmus barbarus on mudflats of Freetown, Sierra Leone. p. 49-54. In M.L.D. Palomares, K.I. Stergiou and D. Paluly (eds.) Fishes in databases and ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 14(4). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess"s atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p.
    No Data
    📚 Information Listing
    References
    Overview > Diagnostic > Description
    1. Miller, P.J. 1981 Periophthalmidae. In: W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. vols. 1-7. pag. var.
    Natural History > Life Cycle
    1. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
    Natural History > Migration
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Natural History > Size
    1. Harrison, I.J. and P.J. Miller 1992 Gobiidae. p. 798-821. In: C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d"eaux douces et saumâtres d"Afrique de l"Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musee Royal de l"Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902
    Natural History > Trophic Strategy
    1. Grove, Avicennia nitida . Harrison, I.J. and P.J. Miller 1992 Gobiidae. p. 798-821. In: C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d"eaux douces et saumâtres d"Afrique de l"Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musee Royal de l"Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902
    Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
    1. Harrison, I.J. and P.J. Miller 1992 Gobiidae. p. 798-821. In: C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d"eaux douces et saumâtres d"Afrique de l"Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musee Royal de l"Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902
    Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    Uses and Management > Uses
    1. Turay, I., J.M. Vakily, M.L.D. Palomares and D. Pauly 2006 Growth, reproduction and food of the mudskipper, Periophthalmus barbarus on mudflats of Freetown, Sierra Leone. p. 49-54. In M.L.D. Palomares, K.I. Stergiou and D. Paluly (eds.) Fishes in databases and ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 14(4). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess"s atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p.
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    📚 Meta data
    No Data
    🐾 Taxonomy
    RootRoot
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassActinopterygii
    OrderPerciformes
    FamilyGobiidae
    GenusPeriophthalmus
    SpeciesPeriophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766)
    📊 Temporal Distribution
    📷 Related Observations
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