Boleophthalmus birdsongi, Birdsong's mudskipper

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Boleophthalmus birdsongi Murdy, 1989

Birdsong's mudskipper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Periophthalminae
Etymology: Boleophthalmus: Name from Greek, ßoƛɛ for ejected and 'ophthalmos' for eye; refers to species capability to rapidly raise their eyes above the level of their orbital cavities, as if the eyes were being ejected..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: endemic to Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93058)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-25; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24. Distinguished by the following characteristics: total elements in D2 23-25; caudal fin length 17.9-24.6% SL; head length 26.6-31.1 % SL; length of D2 base 38.2-43.5%; first D2 element usually segmented and unbranched; longitudinal scale count 89-111; predorsal scales 38-60; lower jaw teeth atypical for Boleophthalmus, notch lacking, teeth more rounded than congeners (Ref. 5218).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Amphibious air-breather (Ref. 31184). Max. length (Edward O. Murdy, pers. comm., 2000).

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Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p. (Ref. 6771)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.4 - 29.2, mean 28.4 °C (based on 1050 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00336 - 0.01560), b=2.95 (2.76 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).