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Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934

Description

Distinguished by the following characteristics: 3 or 4 vertical, narrow, brown bars along the sides; predorsal scales 22-33 (Ref. 5218).

Common Names

  • Japaninkitaryömijä , Finnish , Finland
  • Tabirakuchi , Japanese , Japan
  • 숨이망둑 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 斑叉牙鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑叉牙鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短斑卧齿鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短斑臥齒鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Oxudercidae

    Genus: Apocryptodon

    Species: Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Northwest Pacific: endemic to Japan.

    • Biology

    Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Occurs in burrows made by the crustacean Alpheus at river mouths.

    Habitat

    demersal