Biology:Boleophthalmus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Boleophthalmus
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B. pectinirostris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Boleophthalmus
Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Gobius boddarti
Pallas, 1770[1]
Boleophthalmus boddarti (Blue-Spotted Mudskipper)
Boleophthalmus boddarti (Blue-Spotted Mudskipper)

Boleophthalmus is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • B. birdsongi Murdy, 1989 (Birdsong's goggle-eyed goby)
  • B. boddarti (Pallas, 1770) (Boddart's goggle-eyed goby)
  • B. caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Bluespotted mudskipper)
  • B. dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 (Dussumier's mudskipper)
  • B. pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Great blue spotted mudskipper)
  • B. poti Polgar, Jaafar & Konstantinidis, 2013

References

Bibliography

  • Eschmeyer, William N. 1990. Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco . iii + 697. ISBN:0-940228-23-8.
  • Eschmeyer, William N. (ed.) 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, #1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco . 2905. ISBN:0-940228-47-5.
  • Helfman, G., B. Collette & D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts , 1997.
  • Moyle, P. & J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edició, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
  • Nelson, J.S. 2006: Fishes of the world. Quarta edició. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. 601 p. ISBN:0471250317.
  • Wheeler, A. 1985. The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd edition, London: Macdonald.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q535650 entry