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Definition of Genus periophthalmus

1. Noun. A genus of Gobiidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Periophthalmus

Literary usage of Genus periophthalmus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"On the genus PERIOPHTHALMUS of Schneider. BY THEODORE GILL. ... Genus PERIOPHTHALMUS (Bl., Schneid.) Body much compressed, with the back rectilinear, ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1882)
"... seems to exist in certain gobies of the genus Periophthalmus and its ally Boleophthalmus, which might be called ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1882)
"... the most remarkable instance of mobility in these organs seems to exist in certain gobies of the genus Periophthalmus and its ally Boleophthalmus (p. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"Genus PERIOPHTHALMUS, Bl. Body subcylindrical, covered with ctenoid scales of moderate size ; head oblong with the cleft of the mouth nearly horizontal and ..."

5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1879)
"... with dorsal eyes coincides with that of the genus Periophthalmus (fish), and supposes that those eyes serve to perceive the approach of this enemy, ..."

6. Cruise of the "Alert": Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene by Richard William Coppinger (1883)
"One of the most conspicuous objects about the foreshore at Port Mahe is a curious fish of the genus Periophthalmus, which may be seen not only jumping about ..."

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