Gobiidae

Pug-headed mudskipper

Periophthalmodon freycineti

Twenty Five Point Five Centimeters Goby of Philippine Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Periophthalmodon freycineti, the pug-headed mudskipper, is a species of mudskipper from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the gobiiform family Oxudercidae. It distribution extends from the Philippines through eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Queensland. Its habitat is tidal creeks, mud banks and inlets where it is a predator on small fish, crabs and other invertebrates such as insects.