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Hopping Fish (Periophthalmus walailakae)
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Hopping Fish (Periophthalmus walailakae) specimen
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Gobiidae

Hopping Fish

Periophthalmus walailakae

Eleven Point Six Centimeters Goby from Western Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Brackish fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Hopping Fish is known around Eastern Indian Ocean as a brackish-water fish; It occurs in brackish waters, and the largest recorded length is 11.6 cm.

Family
Gobiidae
Maximum length
11.6 cm
Water
Brackish
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman coast of southern Thailand to Western Pacific in Singapore.

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