The barred mudskipper, scientifically called Periophthalmus argentilineatus, has more than just one oddity. Their eyes sit more on top than on the side of their heads, and despite having no lungs, ...

To avoid digging their own burrows, which some gobies do, shrimp gobies stand, single or in pairs, as lookouts for a sightless shrimp that spends its days bulldozing collapsing sand from its tunnel.