Apocryptes

Apocryptes bato is a species of mudskipper native to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar where it can be found in tropical rivers, estuaries and coastal waters of the Indian Ocean. This species can reach a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[1]

Apocryptes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Apocryptes
Valenciennes, 1837
Species:
A. bato
Binomial name
Apocryptes bato
Synonyms

For genus Apocryptes

For species A. bato

  • Gobius bato F. Hamilton, 1822
  • Apocryptes batoides F. Day, 1876
  • Parapocryptes batoides (F. Day, 1876)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Apocryptes bato" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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