New Guinea mudskipper
| New Guinea mudskipper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Periophthalmus |
| Species: | P. novaeguineaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935
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The New Guinea mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis) is a species of mudskippers native to fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of Australia and Indonesia. This species occurs in estuaries and tidal creeks as well as mangrove forests and nipa palm stands This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
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