As long as they remain moist, mudskippers can use their gills to breath even when out of the water. The fish can reach a maximum size of 10 cm. Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Chordata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Superorder: Acanthopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Gobioidei Family: Gobiidae Subfamily: Oxudercinae Genus: Periophthalmus Species: Periophthalmus novemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822)
As long as they remain moist, mudskippers can use their gills to breath even when out of the water. The fish can reach a maximum size of 10 cm. Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Chordata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Superorder: Acanthopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Gobioidei Family: Gobiidae Subfamily: Oxudercinae Genus: Periophthalmus Species: Periophthalmus novemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822)