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Apocryptes bato (Hamilton, 1822)

Description

Distinguished by the following characteristics: total elements in D2 21-23; total elements in anal fin 20-24 ; head length 21.9-23.9% SL; in some preserved specimens, 6-7 vertical narrow, brown bars along sides, anteriormost coursing from dorsum through pectoral base; caudal fin length 22.6-32.9% SL (Ref. 5218).

Common Names

  • Cheeng , Bengali , India
  • Chewa bele , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Chiring , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Dali chewa , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • চিরিং , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • চেওয়া বেলে , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • ডালি চেওয়া , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Gobi , English , Bangladesh
  • Lohikäärmeryömijä , Finnish , Finland
  • 棘平牙鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 棘平牙鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Oxudercidae

    Genus: Apocryptes

    Species: Apocryptes bato (Hamilton, 1822)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indian Ocean: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

    • Biology

    Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in rivers and estuaries (Ref. 1479). Burrows within tidal limits of river deltas from the east coast of India to Burma (Ref. 5218).

    Habitat

    freshwater