African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

AfReMaS taxon details

Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

AphiaID

205192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205192)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Oxudercinae Günther, 1861

Direct children (9)

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Species Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837
Species Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831
Species Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842
Species Periophthalmus cantonensis (Osbeck, 1765) accepted as Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842
Species Periophthalmus koelreuteri (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) accepted as Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770)
Species Periophthalmus sobrinus Eggert, 1935 accepted as Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205192 on 2026-09-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205192 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-07-05 08:48:11Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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