Walton's mudskipper
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing ; Found on mud flats. Amphibious air-breather . Feeds on variety of ocypodid crabs .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Distinguished by the following characteristics: moderate to strong frenum uniting pelvic fins; medially, pelvic fins united for about one half their length; D I height moderate, its margin slightly rounded, no stripe on fin with only a few white spots posteriorly, no elongate spines; D2 with single dusky stripe inframarginally; dorsal fins not connected by membrane; D I with 10-13 spines; longitudinal scale count 91-121; head width 13.7-21.9% SL; pelvic fin length 11.8-13.9% SL; length of anal fin base 16.2-21.0% SL; length ofD2 base 23.2-27.2% SL; total D2 elements 13-14; total anal fin elements 11-12; TRDB 21-28 .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Walton's mudskipper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf to Pakistan.
🌿 Ecology
variety of ocypodid crabs (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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