GBIF·2376986speciesAnimalia0 occurrence recordsThe Nature Library · Catalogue of all life

Periophthalmus variabilis — Figure 5. Raised first and second dorsal fins of P. Setiawan, Iqbal, Priscillia, 2019 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Figure 5. Raised first and second dorsal fins of P. Setiawan, Iqbal, Priscillia, 2019 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

IUCN LC · Least concern

Dusky-gilled Mudskipper

Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935

Also calledSaltarín del fango variable (spa) · Илистый прыгун вариабилис (rus) · ปลาตีนเล็กลายกระ (tha) · 雜色彈塗魚 (zho)

First described in: Eggert, B. (1935). Beitrag zur Systematik, Biologie und geographischen Verbreitung der Periophthalminae. Ergebnisse einer durch die Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft ermöglichten Reise nach Niederländisch-Indien ...der Deutschen Wissenschaft 1929--1930. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> 67: 29-116, Pls. 1-9.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2376986.