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Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrate > fishes > Family Gobiidae > mudskippers
Slender mudskipper
Periophthalmus gracilis*

Family Gobiidae
updated Mar 09

Where seen? A small, well camouflaged mudskipper that is seen in mangroves and other silty shores.

Features: 4-5cm. A tiny mudskipper with slender body and camouflaged pattern of spots and bars. It is hard to tell apart these mudskippers in the field or from photographs, from very similar looking ones.

Berlayar Creek, Mar 09

Slender mudskippers on Singapore shores


Pulau Hantu, May 05


Chek Jawa, Jan 10


Pulau Semakau, Jan 05


Pasir Ris Park , Oct 09

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.

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