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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyGobiidae
  5. ›genusPeriophthalmus
Periophthalmus waltoni
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Walton's Mudskipper

Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941

Also calledSaltarín del fango de Walton (spa) · نطاط الطين والتون (ara) · 澳氏彈塗魚 (zho) · Gel Khorok (fas) · Gel-cheragh (fas) · Mahi-sag (fas)

First described in: Koumans, F. P. (1941). Gobioid fishes of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 13 (3): 205-329.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution in the area. Not endemic. Recorded from the Shatt Al-Arab.

A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages

description

Common name. Walton's mudskipper Taxonomy. Original description: Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941: 288 [Iraq and Pakistan; Syntypes: RMNH 17004 (2), ZSI (4, not found)]. Revisions. Murdy (1989: 44). Illustrations. Randall (1995: 341, fig.).

Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)

distribution

Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Persis, Hormuz, Makran. ― Distribution in Ecoregions: 442 - Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 451 - Northern Hormuz Drainages, 452 - Caspian Marine, 701 - Baluchistan. Status in Iran. [Native]. — Gel khorak-e Walton. — Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022). — Iran material: ZM-CBSU. Conservation. — IUCN: LC.

Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)

conservation

Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown. — IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023). — Threats: EUT, HAB. — Low sensitivity to human activities. — Not considered as a keystone species. — Decline status: Unknown. — Low priority for conservation action.

Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023

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