Gobiidae

Asian Dwarf Mudskipper

Periophthalmodon septemradiatus

Ten Centimeters Goby from the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Periophthalmodon septemradiatus is a species of mudskipper found along tropical shorelines of the eastern Indian Ocean where it occurs in marine, brackish and fresh waters from India to Mekong Delta Vietnam, Indonesia. It is found along in estuaries as well as in the rivers. This species inhabits mud banks which are covered by such vegetation as mangroves, nypah palms where the water is of very low salinity, near 0 ppt, in the upper reaches of estuaries and in small tributaries.