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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Periophthalminae
Etymology: Pseudapocryptes: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, apo = outside, far away + Greek, kryptos = hidden (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468)

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Indo-Pacific: India to Tahiti and north to China. Common in the Mekong delta.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 15.4 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12693)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Distinguished by the following characteristics: Anal fin with 28-31 total elements; body depth 9.9-13.6% SL; head length 14.8-22.0% SL; head depth 7.8-11.4% SL; pectoral fin length 10.4-13.4% SL; pelvic fin length 9.0-11.5% SL; few brown spots, if any, on body (Ref. 5218).

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in mudflats of estuaries and the freshwater tidal zone of rivers (Ref. 12693). Amphibious air-breather (Ref. 31184).

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Kottelat, M. and A.J. Whitten, 1996. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi: additions and corrections. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 8 p. (Ref. 13275)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816)