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Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Oxudercinae
Etymology: Apocryptodon: Greek, apo = outside, far away + Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 46888); depth range 0 - ? m. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia (Ref. 5218). Record from Sulaibikhat Bay, Persian Gulf (Ref. 80050) needs verification.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12693); max. published weight: 7.00 g (Ref. 125282)
Distinguished by the following characteristics: five, brown, roundish blotches along the
lateral midline; predorsal scales 19-27 (Ref. 5218).
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in fresh and brackish waters (Ref. 4833). Browses on diatoms; not active at low tide, staying in burrows made by Alpheus bisincisus and others.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Murdy, E.O., 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 11:1-93. (Ref. 5218)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 24.5 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1248 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00218 - 0.01050), b=3.12 (2.92 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).