WoRMS taxon details
Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846)
282101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282101)
accepted
Species
Apocryptes henlei Bleeker, 1849 · unaccepted
Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Boleophthalmus smithi Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Parapocryptes cantonensis Herre, 1932 · unaccepted
Parapocryptes macrolepis (Bleeker, 1851) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282101 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Apocryptes henlei Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [6]: 1-40. [details]
original description (of Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 2 (1): 57-70. [details]
original description (of Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus smithi Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, Part I.--Fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 86: 67-163, Pl. 12. [details]
original description (of Parapocryptes cantonensis Herre, 1932) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1932). Fishes from Kwangtung Province and Hainan Island, China. <em>Lingnan Science Journal, Canton.</em> 11 (3): 423-443. [details]
original description (of Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 2 (1): 57-70. [details]
original description (of Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus smithi Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, Part I.--Fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 86: 67-163, Pl. 12. [details]
original description (of Parapocryptes cantonensis Herre, 1932) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1932). Fishes from Kwangtung Province and Hainan Island, China. <em>Lingnan Science Journal, Canton.</em> 11 (3): 423-443. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes henlei Bleeker, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parapocryptes serperaster)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apocryptes henlei Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus smithi Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Parapocryptes cantonensis Herre, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Parapocryptes macrolepis (Bleeker, 1851))
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parapocryptes serperaster RAD108757-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parapocryptes serperaster RAD108757-001B)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes henlei Bleeker, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parapocryptes serperaster)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apocryptes henlei Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Boleophthalmus smithi Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Parapocryptes cantonensis Herre, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Parapocryptes macrolepis (Bleeker, 1851))
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parapocryptes serperaster RAD108757-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Parapocryptes serperaster RAD108757-001B)
To ITIS