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

Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 [N]—Mud skipper

Taxonomy. Original description: Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes 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.