Apocryptes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:143 Masc. Gobius bato Hamilton 1822. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1874:327 [ref. 437]. •Valid as Apocryptes Valenciennes 1837 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Murdy 1989:5 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:292 [ref. 24860], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:8 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:386 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Apocryptes Valenciennes 1837. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.