Kalolo mudskipper
Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831
Also calledAlmindelig dyndspringer (dan) · Périophthalme à joue noire (fra) · Saltarín del fango Común (spa) · Стрибун звичайний (ukr) · نطاط الطين الشائع (ara) · 卡路彈塗魚 (zho)
First described in: Lesson, R. P. (1829-31). Poissons. <em>In: L. I. Duperrey. Voyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majesté La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie. Zool.</em> v. 2 (pt 1): 66-238, Atlas: Pls. 1-38. [Here dated according to Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]. Text p. 66-238 (13 Oct. 1931); Atlas: Pls. 2, 19 (4 Apr. 1829), 4, 12, 18 (28 Feb. 1829), 3, 38 (30 May 1829), 1, 22, 35 (4 July 1829), 36 (3 Apr. 1830), 23, 26 (7 Mar 1831), 25, 27, 33, 37 (29 May 1931), 5, 6, 13, 16 (15 June 1831), 20, 24, 28 (25 July 1831), 11, 14, 31, 34 (5 Sept. 1831), 7, 29, 30, 32 (13 Oct. 1831), 8, 15, 21 (15 Nov. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831), 9, 10 (22 Dec. 1831).].
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 3. — General distribution: Southern Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Fiji and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia). Amphibious air-breather that spends most of its time out of the water; able to meet its oxygen requirements as long as it stays wet; typically resting on mud, or rocks, with their tails dipped in the water, 0 – 1 m depth. Transitional water and marine.
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materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. Originally described in part from Port Praslin, New Ireland by Lesson (1831: 146 – 147); reported as P. koelreuteri (non Pallas 1770) by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1837: 181).
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