Parapocryptes
| Parapocryptes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Parapocryptes Bleeker, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Apocryptes macrolepis as a synonym of Parapocryptes serperaster Bleeker, 1851
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Parapocryptes is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species[]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (Valenciennes, 1837)
- (J. Richardson, 1846)
Relationship to humans[]
In Thailand Parapocryptes was called plā th̀xng theī̀yw (Thai: ปลาท่องเที่ยว; literally: "travel fish"). Because not sedentary behaviors, and can be used as food, especially at Koh Yor in Songkhla Lake, Southern Thailand.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Parapocryptes in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ "รู้จัก ...ปลาท่องเที่ยวทะเลสาบสงขลา ?" (in Thai). sator4u. October 17, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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