batoides, Apocryptes Day [F.] 1876:301, Pl. 66 (fig. 3) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Moulmein, Myanmar. Holotype (unique) (?): ZSI F2014. Day specimens: BMNH 1889.2.1.3472 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Valid as Parapocryptes batoides (Day 1876) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:293 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:957 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822) -- (Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 2003:319 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.