FB-64116 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64116 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Orectolobiformes Parascylliidae Parascyllium Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 Darwin's mudskipper Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis (non Eggert, 1935) 2008-07-11 2008-07-21 Murdy, E.O.0 A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 11:1-93. (Ref. 5218) Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154) Larson, H.K. and T. Takita0 Two new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle (Rec. Mus. Art Galleries N. Terr.) 20:x-x. (Ref. 76839) Jaafar, Z. and H.K. Larson0 A new species of mudskipper, Periophthalmus takita (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), from Australia, with a key to the genus. Zool. Sci. 25:946-952. (Ref. 83599) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64124 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-14 00:00:00 2013-12-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64124 Can be distinguished by the following characters: body depth at anal fin origin 10.6-14.6% of SL, mean 12.7%; unique among Periophthalmus species in having a greatly reduced first dorsal fin (depressed dorsal 5.1-9.6% of SL) in both sexes, and usually with only five spines, fin widely separated from second dorsal fin origin; pelvic fins united for half their length,distinct fraenum present, posterior tips of fins pointed to bluntly pointed, fifth ray bifurcating close to base and branching about 9 times; first dorsal fin plain blackish except for slightly paler base and narrow whitish margin; second dorsal fin translucent with broad submarginal black band and a row of black spots or blotches along fin base; no melanophores on analfin; pelvic fins whitish or with some fine speckling; orange spots may be present on lower side of head and body when live; second dorsal fin rays modally I,11; anal fin rays modally I,12; pectoral rays 11-13; caudal fin rays usually only with ventralmost 6-7 rays branched, dorsalmost 8-9 rays rarely branched; lateral scales 58-78; predorsal scales usually 24-25 (Ref. 76839). Larson, H.K. and T. Takita 2004 Two new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle (Rec. Mus. Art Galleries N. Terr.) 20:x-x. (Ref. 76839) FB-Morphology-64124 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-14 00:00:00 2013-12-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64124 Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11 - 13 Larson, H.K. and T. Takita 2004 Two new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle (Rec. Mus. Art Galleries N. Terr.) 20:x-x. (Ref. 76839) FB-Distribution-64124 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64124 Oceania: Australia in Northern Territory and Western Australia. Larson, H.K. and T. Takita 2004 Two new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle (Rec. Mus. Art Galleries N. Terr.) 20:x-x. (Ref. 76839) FB-Size-64124 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2013-09-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64124 4.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 76839)) Larson, H.K. and T. Takita 2004 Two new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle (Rec. Mus. Art Galleries N. Terr.) 20:x-x. (Ref. 76839) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64124 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2013-09-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64124 demersal; freshwater; brackish