''Apocryptodon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and th ...
native to the
Indian Ocean
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Apocryptodon madurensis
''Apocryptodon'' is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* '' Apocryptodon madurensis'' (Bleeker, 1849) (Madura goby)
* ''Apocryptodon punc ...
''
( Bleeker, 1849) (Madura goby)
* ''
Apocryptodon punctatus
''Apocryptodon'' is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* '' Apocryptodon madurensis'' (Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. B ...
''
Tomiyama, 1934
* ''
Apocryptodon wirzi
''Apocryptodon'' is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''Apocryptodon madurensis'' (Bleeker, 1849) (Madura goby)
* ''Apocryptodon punct ...
''
Koumans, 1937 (Wirz's goby)
[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.'']
References
Oxudercinae
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