Boleophthalmus Explained

Boleophthalmus is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

B. birdsongi Murdy, 1989 (Birdsong's goggle-eyed goby)
B. boddarti (Pallas, 1770) (Boddart's goggle-eyed goby)
B. caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Bluespotted mudskipper)
B. dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 (Dussumier's mudskipper)
B. pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Great blue spotted mudskipper)
B. poti Polgar, Jaafar & Konstantinidis, 2013

Further reading

Eschmeyer, William N. 1990. Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. iii + 697. .
Eschmeyer, William N. (ed.) 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, #1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. 2905. .
Helfman, G., B. Collette & D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, MA, 1997.
Moyle, P. & J. Cech. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the world. 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. 601 p. .
Wheeler, A. 1985. The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd edition, London: Macdonald.

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