Boleophthalmus is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
| Boleophthalmus | |
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| B. pectinirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Boleophthalmus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boleophthalmus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
Further reading
edit- 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, MA, 1997.
- Moyle, P. & J. Cech. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
- Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the world. 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. 601 p. ISBN 0471250317.
- Wheeler, A. 1985. The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd edition, London: Macdonald.
External links
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