Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae Mudskippers
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Parapocryptes

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Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Parapocryptes rictuosus (Valenciennes, 1837)

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Parapocryptes rictuosus
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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846)

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Parapocryptes serperaster
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Parapocryptes rictuosus Indian Ocean 15 SL 1837
Parapocryptes serperaster Indo-West Pacific 23 TL 1846



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