- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIIDAE
- Apocryptodon
- madurensis
Peppered Mudskipper, Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker 1849)
Peppered Mudskipper, Apocryptodon madurensis. Source: Dinh D. Tran, FiMSeA / http://ffish.asia. License: CC by Attribution
A small creamish-coloured mudskipper peppered with fine brown spots, and five large darker blotches along the sides and the pectoral fins with dark lower margins.
Peppered Mudskipper, Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker 1849)
More Info
Distribution |
Known in Australia from Dampier (Western Australia) to Gladstone (Queensland). Elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific, from the east coast of India to the Philippines and northern Australia. |
Size |
To a length of 70 mm |
Etymology |
The species name madurensis refers to the type locality: Madura Island, Java, Indonesia |
Species Citation |
Apocryptes madurensis Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van der Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 1-40 [35].Type locality:Freto Madurae prope Surabaya et Bangeallang, Java, Indonesia. |
Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Peppered Mudskipper, Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker 1849)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls [222]
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls [138]
Murdy E.O. 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Oxudercine
gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl.
11: 1–93.