Other Freshwater and Brackish Water Fish
Atlantic Mudskipper
Periophthalmus barbarus
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–30 °C
- pH7.5–8.5
- Minimum tank150 l
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
Full profile
- Family
- Oxudercidae
- Origin
- Atlantic coast of West Africa
- Size
- 15 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 30°C
- pH
- 7.5 – 8.5
- Salinity
- 1.005 – 1.015
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Water type
- brackish
- Swimming level
- shore (out of the water most of the time)
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (territorial)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a group in a large aquaterrarium
- Minimum aquarium size
- 150 L (aquaterrarium with a sandy beach)
- Diet
- carnivore (insects, worms, shrimp)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; breeds in mud burrows
Notes: It spends more time out of the water than in it, breathing through its skin. It needs an aquaterrarium with a mud or sand beach, very humid air, and shallow brackish water.
