Saturday, August 14, 2010
Raffles Museum Treasures: Giant mudskipper
Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
Collected from Sungei Buloh, December 1994
Native to Singapore
Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Common Marine Fishes of Singapore
Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore
Mangrove and wetland wildlife at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve
Ecology Asia
An annotated checklist of the gobioid fishes of Singapore
The mudskipper
FishBase
The giant mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri facilitates active NH4+ excretion by increasing acid excretion and decreasing NH3 permeability in the skin
(Photo by NatureInYourBackyard)
Labels:
fish,
RMBR,
RMBR treasures,
Sungei Buloh