Common mudskipper

Common mudskipper
	Common mudskipper on Praslin, Seychelles
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Periophthalmus
Species:	P. kalolo
Binomial name
	Periophthalmus kalolo; Lesson, 1831
Synonyms
	Periophthalmus africanus Eggert, 1935; Periophthalmus koelreuteri africanus Eggert, 1935;

The common mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo) is a species of mudskipper native to marine and brackish waters of the Indo-Pacific from eastern Africa to Samoa. This species can be found in mangrove forests where it spends most of its time out of the water. This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.^[1] The common mudskipper can deal with the chronic temperatures of up to 37°C and a chronic low of 14°C.^[2] Larger individuals aggregate in exposed intertidal mudflats and tend to spend about 90% of their lifetime out of the water.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Periophthalmus kalolo" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
^ Dabruzzi, Theresa F.; Fangue, Nann A.; Kadir, Nadiarti N.; Bennett, Wayne A. (April 2019). "Thermal niche adaptations of common mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo) and barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) in air and water". Journal of Thermal Biology. 81: 170–177. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.02.023.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Periophthalmus kalolo" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

[2] Dabruzzi, Theresa F.; Fangue, Nann A.; Kadir, Nadiarti N.; Bennett, Wayne A. (April 2019). "Thermal niche adaptations of common mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo) and barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) in air and water". Journal of Thermal Biology. 81: 170–177. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.02.023.