Cuvier-81-periophtalme-éléotris = giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri) & spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris pisonis) Français : Planche N°81 du livre "Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation" par Georges Cuvier (Tome 8), seconde édition de 1828, représentant :
-en haut : Giant mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri syn. Periophthalmus schlosseri
-en bas : Spinycheek Sleeper Eleotris pisonis syn. Eleotris gyrinus
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Periophthalmodon schlosseri = Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
The giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri) is a species of mudskipper native to the tropical shores of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in marine, brackish and fresh waters. It is most frequently found along muddy shores in estuaries as well as in the tidal zones of rivers. It lives in a burrow in the mud and emerges from the burrow at low tide on sunny days. Periophthalmodon schlosseri can move quickly across a muddy surface and is capable of breathing both in and out of water.
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Periophthalmodon
Species: Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770)
Synonyms:
- Gobius schlosseri Pallas, 1770
- Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770)
Eleotris gyrinus = Spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris pisonis)
Eleotris gyrinus known as spinycheek sleeper is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae with a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. It is found in northwest to western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, South Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to southeastern Brazil.
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Species: Eleotris pisonis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms: Gobius pisonis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)