The body of the jumping fish 🐟🐟🐟 is cylindrical, generally 10~20 cm long and 20~50 grams in weight. The eyes are small, protruding above the dorsal margin of the head, the lower eyelid is well developed, the mouth is at the end, and each jaw is present

Jumping fish 🐟🐟🐟

The body is cylindrical, generally 10~20 cm long and 20~50 grams in weight. The eyes are small, protruding above the dorsal margin of the head, the lower eyelid is developed, the mouth is at the end of the mouth, each jaw has 1 row of teeth, the upper teeth are tapered, and the 3 teeth on each side of the front are canine-shaped; The mandibular teeth are obliquely outward and recumbent. The dorsal surface is blackish brown. The abdomen is gray. There are 6 black stripes on the dorsal side, irregular greenish-brown spots all around, two dorsal fins, the first dorsal fin is small, only 5 fin spines, the end of the fin spines is filamentous and elongated, of which the third spine is the longest; The second dorsal and fins are both long, with three transverse lines of grey-white length, which are roughly equal in length. caudal fin wedge-shaped, broad; The pectoral fins have a yellow-green insect pattern.

The large mudskipper is small, and the mature individual length is generally 80~90mm, and the weight is 15~25g; Large individuals can grow up to 120~150mm in length and weigh up to 30~40g. The body is flattened laterally, the dorsal margin is straight, the ventral margin is shallowly curved, the caudal peduncle is high, and the body and head are covered with small rounded scales. The first dorsal fin is quite tall, short at the base, with 5 spines elongated filamentous; The second dorsal fin is low in the fin bar and extends posteriorly to the base of the caudal fin, the ventral fin is short, and the pectoral fin and caudal fin are all pointed and rounded. Body blue-brown or gray-brown, the upper part of the body side along the base of the dorsal fin has 6~7 gray-black horizontal stripes, the body side and head scattered many bright blue dots, the abdomen is white, the first dorsal fin is dark blue, the second dorsal fin is blue-gray, the ventral fin is light yellow, and the caudal fin is gray-black. [3]

Mudskipper females and males are difficult to distinguish from each other in appearance, but the female genital hole is large, round, and red; The male reproductive foramen is narrow and long.