Parapocryptes

Parapocryptes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Parapocryptes
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Apocryptes macrolepis
Bleeker, 1851

Parapocryptes is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Relationship to humans

In Thailand Parapocryptes was called plā th̀xng theī̀yw (Thai: ปลาท่องเที่ยว; literally: "travel fish"). Because not sedentary behaviors, and can be used as food, especially at Koh Yor in Songkhla Lake, Southern Thailand.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Parapocryptes in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. "รู้จัก ...ปลาท่องเที่ยวทะเลสาบสงขลา ?" (in Thai). sator4u. October 17, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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