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Slender mudskipper (Periophthalmus gracilis)
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Gobiidae

Slender mudskipper

Periophthalmus gracilis

Four Point Five Centimeters Goby of Indo Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Periophthalmus gracilis, the slender mudskipper, known as belacak in Malay, is a species of mudskippers native to marine and brackish waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it is an inhabitant of the intertidal zone.

Family
Gobiidae
Body shape
elongated
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