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Species related to Periophthalmus modestus: [ 4 ] records

modestus, Periophthalmus Cantor [T. E.] 1842:484 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (nos 58, 59, 60); ref. 17344] Chusan Island, China. Possible type: BMNH 1860.3.19.39 (1). •Valid as Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842 -- (Murdy 1989:41 [ref. 13628], Lee et al. 1995:121 [ref. 24035], Kim 1997:473 [ref. 24032], Sato et al. 1998:41 [ref. 24972], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1156 [ref. 25182], Kottelat 2001:61 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:115 [ref. 25693], Kim & Park 2002:396 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1156 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 663 [ref. 26218], Larson & Takita 2004:184 [ref. 28075], Jaafar & Larson 2008:952 [ref. 29863], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:419 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:26 [ref. 35561], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:266 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:173 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2021:393 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:102 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam and southern China to Korea and Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

modestus, Periophthalmus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:147, Pl. 76 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Japan. Syntypes: RMNH 1956 (6). Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:127 [ref. 12876]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842; apparently described independent of (and a homonym and synonym of) Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842. •Synonym of Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842 -- (Kottelat 2013:420 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:393 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:102 [ref. 41040]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

tannoao, Gobius Richardson [J.] 1846:206 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] China. No types known. Objective junior synonym of Apocryptes cantonensis Osbeck 1765. •Synonym of Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842 -- (Endruweit 2024:102 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish.

cantonensis, Cyprinus Osbeck [P.] 1765:155 [Reise nach Ostindien und China; ref. 3311] Pearl River/Chu Chiang, at Huampo or Wampo/Huang Pu Harbour, Canton, Guangdong Province, China. No types known. Sometimes dated to pre-Linnaean 1757 (Swedish) or the 1771 English edition. •Valid as Periophthalmus cantonensis (Osbeck 1765) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:642 [ref. 25598], Zheng 1989:360 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:502 [ref. 23876], Cheng & Zhou 1997:392 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:282 [ref. 26566]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842 -- (Murdy 1989:41 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:420 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:393 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:102 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus modestus Cantor 1842. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.