Periophthalmus, then, is an odd fish of the tropical Pacific shores, with a pair of very distinct forelegs (theoretically described as modified pectoral fins), and with two goggle eyes, which he can protrude at pleasure right outside the sockets, so as to look in whatever direction he chooses, without even taking the trouble to turn his head to left or right, backward or forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference

Yet just as we should greatly misjudge our own race if we confined our attention to everyday routine, so in our total, as distinguished from our average, estimate of fishes, we must remember the salmon surmounting the falls, the wary trout eluding the angler's skill, the common mud-skipper (Periophthalmus) of many tropical shores which climbs on the rocks and the roots of the mangrove-trees, or actively hunts small shore-animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference

Periophthalmus, 146.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Genesis of Species] Reference

Periophthalmus, which is, being interpreted, Stare-about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference