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Blue-spotted Mudskipper(turret)
Boleophthalmus boddarti
22.1844, 88.1182
Field Notes
Description:
Bulging eyes. Blue-spots and a love for mud! You can also see their burrows and turrets. Apparently pugnacious about territory but I saw no tussle. These fish wriggle around and also make short jumps.
Habitat:
The last shot shows the actual habitat...beyond that is a clayey, muddy expanse that ends in the waters of the River Hooghly and this is where I saw the turrets or observation posts of the mudskippers. The photos of the mudskippers were taken from a height...and then, I went around (because to jump down was dangerous) to reach the banks of the river but was unable to reach the exact spot where I saw these fish...my feet were getting trapped in the soggy mud.
Notes:
We don't get to see structures made by fishes very often...I was lucky to get shots of these territorial markers and observation posts or turrets.
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