Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
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scientific name	Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766)
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Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) View in CoL

Periophthalmus gabonicus Duméril, 1861 View in CoL [Synonym: junior, original� Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider, 1801 View in CoL [Synonym: junior, original�

Type-locality: Periophthalmus gabonicus View in CoL – “ Gabon ”. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6240 (3) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 14.7 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: distributed along the West African coast, from Senegal to Angola, and on the islands of the Gulf of Guinea, known from Boma, Banana, Bulabemba and Malela, lower Congo River. It is also known from Vista and Moanda on the coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Found on muddy substrates and in brackish waters of estuaries, lagoons and mangrove swamps ( Schliewen, 2011). Common in Gabon.

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