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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49729 | Darumas, U. and P. Tantichodok, 2002. A new species of mudskipper (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from southern Thailand. Phuket Mar. Biol. Cent. Res. Bull. 64:101-107. | 2002 | Periophthalmus walailakae | 102;fig.2-4;tab.1 |
| 83599 | Jaafar, Z. and H.K. Larson, 2008. A new species of mudskipper, Periophthalmus takita (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), from Australia, with a key to the genus. Zool. Sci. 25:946-952. | 2008 | Periophthalmus walailakae | 950 |
| 128868 | Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins, 2023. Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. | 2023 | Periophthalmus walailakae | 1383 |
| 130435 | IUCN, 2025. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | 2025 | Periophthalmus walailakae | ver.2025-2 |