FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Barred mudskipper
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Oxudercidae, Periophthalminae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 19 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 165 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, China, Comoros, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, and 24 more countries.
More about the species
Description
A resident intertidal species with homing behavior and amphibious air-breather, found in brackish mud flats in mangrove and nipa palm areas. Found in both littoral and estuarine; able to climb out of water, in mangrove swamps and burrowing into intertidal mud banks. Occasionally in the lower parts of freshwater streams. Actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air. It feeds on worms, crustaceans, and insects. Can stay out of the water for up to 37 h if kept moist.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Euchoristopus kalolo regius
- Periophthalmus argentilineatus striopunctatus
- Periophthalmus barbarus
- Periophthalmus cantonensis
- Periophthalmus dipus
- Periophthalmus dipus angustiformis
In other languages
- Båndet dyndspringer
- Bigfin mudhopper, Mud-hopper, Mud-skipper goby, Mudskipper, Silverlined mudskipper, Silverstripe mudskipper
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