Apocryptodon Explained

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:

• Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849) (Madura goby)
• Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934
• Apocryptodon wirzi Koumans, 1937 (Wirz's goby) ^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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.