MUDSKIPPERS Group: Dylan O’Brien MUD SKIPPERS Muhammad Nazmi Fiona Chimwemwe Shamil Nafiz Lee Lin Hui Darryl Harvey Content 1. Trivial Facts About Mudskipper 2. Our Site 3. Body Parts and Adaptation 4. Three Types of Mudskipper 5. Reproduction and Life Cycle i 3 A fish that can walk on land! 2 what can mudskipper do that mt fish can’t? 0115FNBE Able to see aerial view of its surrounding! Able to walk on land for a long period of time! Able to climb trees (but slowly)! Able to jump and hop at a fast speed! Can breath in water and out of water!
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MUDSKIPPERS
Group: Dylan O’Brien
MUDSKIPPERS
Muhammad NazmiFiona ChimwemweShamil NafizLee Lin HuiDarryl Harvey
Content1. Trivial Facts About Mudskipper2. Our Site3. Body Parts and Adaptation4. Three Types of Mudskipper5. Reproduction and Life Cycle
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A fish that can walk on land!
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what can mudskipper do that m�t fish can’t?
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Able to see aerialview of its
surrounding!
Able to walk onland for a longperiod of time!
Able to climbtrees (but slowly)!
Able to jumpand hop at a
fast speed!
Can breath inwater and out of
water!
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Geographical distribution of mudskippers, other than Madagascar and the rest of East Africa.
TrivialTrivialfacts about mudskippers!
Taxonomy fam
ily
GobiidaeFamily
Mudskippers belongs tothe second largest family of
fish.
Diet CategoryBut don’t worry, it only
eats small organisms.
Number of Species
As of 2015, there are around
of Mudskipper. Thats small compared to:
34 discovered species
34
64
species of herons.
850species of crabs.
Number of Species
3450species of snakes.
3 Habitats of m
udskippers
tidal mudflat
mangrove swamp
nipa palm
amphibious lifestylemudskipper lives an
amphibious lifestyle
Mudskipper is one of the less known delicacy in China
Delicacy
Unique C
hara
cteristic
It requires both landand water to survive
Least ConcernLeast Concern meaning that it is not anendangered species
Mudskipper is classified as
Howevertheir population isslowly declining due tohabitat distruptionhabitat distruption
Mudflat erosion
Natural disaster (tsunami)
Human interference
Illegal deforestation
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Our SiteOur SiteMan-made brackish lake systemat Kuala Selangor Nature Park
Location: Topography:
Research and do observation aboutmudskippers and the ecosystem
Body PartsBody Partshow mudskipper carries their everyday �nction
Eyes
Dorsal Fins are generally closed but it will open if the mudskipper is being aggressiveor if it want to impress the female during mating season.
Pectoral Fins
walk Pectoral fins are muscular which enable it to walk on land unlike most fish whichuse it to swim underwater. Pectoral fins arealso for mudskipper to jump.Mouth
tongue
Mudskipper has an unusualway to eat by
sucking in its prey using ‘tongue’ made
out of water
eat and be eatene foodchaine
foodchain
did you know?
Mudskippers
cra�
worms
insects
Cannibalismsnakes
birds
Bigger mudskippershave been sighted
to eat their own,smaller kind.
Mudskipper eyes move independently of each other. Its also has aerialviews which can see360 degrees.When it is out of water, mudskippers retract their eyes beneath them to moisten them. It can also see above and below water simultaneously.
360 degrees.vision type:m
onocromatic ca
udal
fin
anal fin
Breathing
O2
IN WATERON LAND
Breath using gills like most fishes
2 ways to breath on land:Gills chamber is filled with water which allows them to use gills to breath on land.Breath through the skin if its moist and wet.
how do mudskippers adapt to its environment?
Am
phibiouslifestyle
Allows mudskipper to:Survive during lowtide
Survive in low �ygen waterOxygen�nd its prey on land delicious