Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10019204
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scientific name	Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941
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Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 View in CoL [N]—Walton’s mudskipper

Taxonomy. Original description: Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941: 288 View in CoL [ Iraq and Pakistan: syntypes: RMNH 17004 View Materials (2), ZSI (4, not found) Iraq and Pakistan. Syntypes: RMNH 17004 View Materials (2), ZSI (4, not found)].—Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Murdy (1989: 44).—Illustration: Randall (1995: 341, fig.) .

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Khalaf (1961); confirmed by Mohamed &Abood (2017a).—Iraq materials: RMNH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Shatt al-Arab River.—General distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Pakistan.—Habitat: This species is a demersal species that occurs in brackish to marine waters and is found in open mudflats and nearby stunted mangroves. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: EUT, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Gobiidae
Genus	Periophthalmus