Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941

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 : 28

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scientific name	Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941
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Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 View in CoL [N]—Walton’s mudskipper

Taxonomy. Original description: Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941: 288 [ Iraq and Pakistan: syntypes: RMNH 17004 About RMNH (2), ZSI (4, not found) Iraq and Pakistan. Syntypes: RMNH 17004 About RMNH (2), ZSI (4, not found)].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Murdy (1989: 44).—Illustration: Randall (1995: 341, fig.) .

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Khalaf (1961); confirmed by Mohamed &Abood (2017a).—Iraq materials: RMNH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Shatt al-Arab River.—General distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Pakistan.—Habitat: This species is a demersal species that occurs in brackish to marine waters and is found in open mudflats and nearby stunted mangroves. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: EUT, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

References

Khalaf, K. T. (1961) The marine and freshwater fishes of Iraq. Al-Rabitta Press, Baghdad: 164 pp.

Koumans, F. P. (1941) Gobioid fishes of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 13 (3), 205 - 329.

Mohamed, A. - R. M. & Abood, A. N. (2017 a) Compositional change in fish assemblage structure in the Shatt Al-Arab River, Iraq. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 5 (5), 944 - 958.