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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.

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Apocryptes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

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

References

References

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