“…They include ten genera: Apocryptes, Apocryptodon, Boleophthalmus, Oxuderces, Parapocryptes, Periophtalmodon, Periophthalmus, Pseudapocryptes, Scartelaos, and Zappa comprising 43 species (Lauriano et al, 2018). Of these, only members of four genera namely Boleophthalmus, Periophthalmodon, Periophthalmus and Scartelaos have several specializations for amphibious life, including aerial vision, aerial respiration, and terrestrial locomotion and spend time on land as part of their daily life cycle (MacNae, 1968;Kumaraguru et al, 2020;Mahadevan et al, 2021). The species of these genera can easily move about on muddy or moist surfaces and excavate burrows in the mud and some of them are even able to climb rocks, mangrove roots or stems and all share several anatomical, physiological and sensorial specializations (Ghanbarifardi et al, 2020;Kumaraguru et al, 2020).…”