Gold-spotted Mudskipper

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 37 records
February: 36 records
March: 65 records
April: 59 records
May: 37 records
June: 28 records
July: 32 records
August: 72 records
September: 40 records
October: 73 records
November: 46 records
December: 54 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1 m

0–10 m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C

26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 7 records

Photos

(c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Oleg Kosterin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mok Zhuang Yu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Павлик Лисицын, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Abu Hamas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Steven Bodzin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Andreas Christian Yudhistira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Gold-spotted Mudskipper

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Saltarín del fango de aletas doradas
Thai: ปลาตีนจุดส้ม
Simplified Chinese: 金點彈塗魚

Similar species

Barred mudskipper
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Atlantic Mudskipper
Periophthalmus barbarus
Dusky Mud Hopper
Periophthalmus modestus
Graceful Mudskipper
Periophthalmus gracilis
Common mudskipper
Periophthalmus kalolo
Pearse's Mudskipper
Periophthalmus novemradiatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
79 open-data records from 1852 to 1993.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.