Author: (Linnaeus, 1766)
FBname: Atlantic mudskipper
Comments: Found on muddy substrates and in brackish waters of estuaries, lagoons and mangrove swamps (Ref. 79590). Occasionally found in freshwater, but always close to the shore (Ref. 57403, 79590).  Amphibious air-breather (Ref. 31184) that skips or walks on sand or mud in search of food; that is, on exposed intertidal mud flats of estuarine mangrove swamps.  Adult feed chiefly on arthropods (crabs, insects, etc.) of the mud surface.  Also included in the diet is the white mangrove, <i>Avicennia nitida</i> (Ref. 3026).  Spawn in burrows (Ref. 3657). Maximum reported total length 165 mm; reports of larger specimens, up to 250 mm TL, are probably misidentifications of other species (Ref. 79590).