- English Common Name
- Bearded Mudskippe
- Scientific name
- Scartelaos histophorus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Perciformes, Family: Gosbiidae
- Size
- Up to 12 cm
- Species Distribution
- In Japan, Okinawa Island. Outside of Japan, northern Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan.
- Okinawan Common Name
- Ton-ton-me
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species:Critically Endangered
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species:Critically Endangered
- Localized populations of Periophthalmus modestus and P. argentilineatus are found where this species are found on Okinawa Island, but it can be identified from the other species since this species has a slender body and hook-shaped first dorsal fin. Its mating season starts in spring, and male’s courtship displays such as jumping and leaping with back-bending its back can be observed during the season.
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- Updated February 2019
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