Mudskipper
Periophthalmus sp.
Gobiidae
(Alecto Facsimile Edition - Plate 31)

BAU36

$350.00

36. Mudskipper. Periophthalmus sp. [W&M]
385 x 505 mm
It has not been possible to identify this fish precisely beyond recognising it as a mudskipper, so
named because of its ability to skip over stones on the shore. It is thought the specimen Bauer
drew - from several angles to show the prominent pectoral fins which it uses to travel by leaps -
was probably collected at Connor Creek, Keppel Bay, Queensland on 15 August 1802.
The mudskipper is a wide-ranging Indo-Pacific species.
W&M : 324-5, 342