Species that contain: Apocryptes and bato [ 3 ] records

bato, Gobius Hamilton [F.] 1822:40, Pl. 37 (fig. 10) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River estuaries, India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 26 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822) -- (Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:292 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:951 [ref. 20764], Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:8 [ref. 35561], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321]). Current status: Valid as Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

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.

chrysophthalmus, Scartelaos Swainson [W.] 1839:280 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Ham. pl. 37, fig. 10 -- which is Hamilton 1822:Pl. 37 (fig. 10) [ref. 2031]. Unneeded new name for and objective synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822). •Synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.