: any of several Asian and African gobies (genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus) that are able to skip about actively over wet mud and sand
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Recent Examples on the WebEnter the mudskipper — a rather unique group of over 30 different species of fish that love to just get out the water and roam around on the land. Geoff Webb, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 Subscriber exclusive: To understand how mudskippers reproduce, scientists have to get dirtyThis newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, with photo selections by Eslah Attar.National Geographic, 20 Feb. 2020 Thus the science of the many species of mudskippers is incomplete—and some of what’s known is a bit odd.National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020 There are drops of oil that appear to float above a petri dish, an ethereal lunar halo, a strangely beautiful abstract image of decay and two weird little mudskippers duking it out with their mouths wide open in Hong Kong's Mai Po wetlands. Aj Willingham, CNN, 14 Dec. 2019 But mudskippers use their eyes to watch for predators on land or in the sky. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019