Oxudercidae

Mudskippers

42 species

1. 1Apocryptes bato (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
2. 2Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849) · Madura gobyfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
3. 3Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934brackish · subtropical
4. 4Boleophthalmus birdsongi Murdy, 1989 · Birdsong's mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
5. 5Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) · Boddart's goggle-eyed gobyfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
6. 6Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 · Bluespotted mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
7. 7Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
8. 8Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Great blue spotted mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
9. 9Boleophthalmus poti Polgar, Jaafar & Konstantinidis, 2013fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
10. 10Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850fresh · brackish · tropical
11. 11Oxuderces wirzi (Koumans, 1937) · Wirz's gobyfresh · brackish · tropical
12. 12Parapocryptes rictuosus (Valenciennes, 1837)brackish · ocean · tropical
13. 13Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846)brackish · ocean · tropical
14. 14Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · Pug-headed mudskipperbrackish · ocean · tropical
15. 15Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) · Giant mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
16. 16Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · brackish · tropical
17. 17Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 · Barred mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical · reef
18. 18Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Atlantic mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical · reef
19. 19Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1853brackish · ocean · tropical
20. 20Periophthalmus darwini Larson & Takita, 2004 · Darwin's mudskipperfresh · brackish · tropical
21. 21Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 · Graceful mudskipperbrackish · ocean · tropical
22. 22Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 · Common mudskipperbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
23. 23Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Lee, Choi & Ryu, 1995fresh · temperate
24. 24Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
25. 25Periophthalmus minutus Eggert, 1935 · Minute mudskipperbrackish · ocean · tropical
26. 26Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842 · Shuttles hoppfishfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
27. 27Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 · New Guinea mudskipperfresh · brackish · tropical
28. 28Periophthalmus novemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) · Pearse's mudskipperbrackish · ocean · tropical
29. 29Periophthalmus pusing Jaafar, Polgar & Zamroni, 2016ocean · tropical
30. 30Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Takita, 1999brackish · tropical
31. 31Periophthalmus takita Jaafar & Larson, 2008 · Takita's mudskipperocean · tropical
32. 32Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935brackish · ocean · tropical
33. 33Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002brackish · tropical
34. 34Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 · Walton's mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
35. 35Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 · Weber's mudskipperbrackish · tropical
36. 36Pseudapocryptes borneensis (Bleeker, 1855)fresh · brackish · tropical
37. 37Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816)fresh · brackish · tropical
38. 38Scartelaos cantoris (Day, 1871)ocean · tropical
39. 39Scartelaos gigas Chu & Wu, 1963ocean · subtropical
40. 40Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837) · Walking gobybrackish · ocean · tropical
41. 41Scartelaos tenuis (Day, 1876) · Indian Ocean slender mudskipperbrackish · ocean · tropical
42. 42Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978) · Slender mudskipperfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.