Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837

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 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7CDE221A-1E73-416D-A984-23E64D9451A6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10019202

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D65887E4-FFB1-FF9F-9A48-D3CFFB1EF855

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837
status

 

Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 View in CoL [N]—Mud skipper

Taxonomy. Original description: Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes View in CoL in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837: 207, Pl. 354 [ Mumbai, India: holotype (unique): MNHN A-1468].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1837: 207, pl. 354).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Mohamed & Abood (2017a).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Shatt al-Arab River.—General distribution: Northwest Indian Ocean: East coast of Africa, Persian Gulf and Oman east to India. Occurrence in Indonesia and Mauritius needs verification.—Habitat: This species is a demersal, amphidromous, and amphibious species that inhabits the marine, brackish, and estuarine waters of intertidal mudflats. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are no major threats known to impact this species at a global scale.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Boleophthalmus

Loc

Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald 2023
2023
Loc

Boleophthalmus dussumieri

Valenciennes 1837
1837
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