Periophthalmodon freycineti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Periophthalmodon |
Species: | P. freycineti
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Binomial name | |
Periophthalmodon freycineti | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Periophthalmodon freycineti, the pug-headed mudskipper, is a species of mudskipper from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the gobiiform family Oxudercidae. It distribution extends from the Philippines through eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Queensland. [1] Its habitat is tidal creeks, mud banks and inlets where it is a predator on small fish, crabs and other invertebrates such as insects. [2] The specific name honours the French explorer Louis de Freycinet (1779-1841), the leader of the expedition on which the type was collected. [3]