Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei
Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Oxudercinae
Genus: Boleophthalmus
Species: B. birdsongi – B. boddarti – B. caeruleomaculatus – B. dussumieri – B. pectinirostris – B. poti
Name
Boleophthalmus Valenciennes, 1837
Type species: Gobius boddarti Pallas, 1770
References
Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A.; 1837: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. 12: 1–507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368.
Polgar, G., Jaafar, Z. & Konstantinidis, P.; 2013: A new species of mudskipper, Boleophthalmus poti (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea, and a key to the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (1): 311–321. PDF
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:[2]
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
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Boleophthalmus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Boleophthalmus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Further reading
Eschmeyer, William N. 1990. Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. iii + 697. ISBN 0-940228-23-8.
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. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
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. ISBN 0471250317.
Wheeler, A. 1985. The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd edition, London: Macdonald.
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