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Apocryptodon

Apocryptodon is a genus of gobies in the family Oxudercidae, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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Jun 13, 2026
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Apocryptodon
Apocryptes bleekeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Apocryptodon
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Apocryptes madurensis
Bleeker, 1849

Apocryptodon is a genus of gobies in the family Oxudercidae, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:1

  • Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849) (Madura goby)
  • Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934
  • Apocryptodon wirzi Koumans, 1937 (Wirz's goby) 2
References

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apocryptodon". FishBase. June 2016 version.
  2. Jaafar, Z. & Parenti, L.R. (2016): Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180 (1): 195-215.