Boleophthalmus poti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Oxudercinae
Genus: Boleophthalmus
Species: Boleophthalmus poti

Name

Boleophthalmus poti Polgar et al., 2013

• Holotype: MSNG 56891.
• Paratypes: BMNH 2011.1.27.1 (1); MSNG 56892 (1, 1), 56893 (1); USNM 405556 (3); ZRC 52240 (2, 1).

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Western Province, Fly river delta, Sisikura Island, 8°25'45.7"S, 143°36'24.0"E [1].

Etymology: The indigenous people of the Wapi villages of Purutu Island, the type locality, call this species poti, that in their language means spotted and refers to the numerous tiny whitish spots present on the head of this species.

References

• Polgar, G., Jaafar, Z. & Konstantinidis, P.; 2013: A new species of mudskipper, Boleophthalmus poti (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea, and a key to the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (1): 311–321. PDF