WoRMS taxon details
Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816)
282403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282403)
accepted
Species
Apocryptes changua (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Apocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Apocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aprocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937 · unaccepted
Boleophthalmus taylori Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Gobius changua Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Pseudopocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
(of Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> 532 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 255 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282403 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius changua Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 41, 365, Pl. 5 (fig. 10) [details]
original description (of Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> 532 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 67, Pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus taylori 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 Aprocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937) Fowler, H. W. (1937). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition. Part VIII,--Fishes obtained in 1936. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 89: 125-264. [details]
original description (of Apocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937) Fowler, H. W. (1937). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition. Part VIII,--Fishes obtained in 1936. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 89: 125-264. [details]
page(s): 41, 365, Pl. 5 (fig. 10) [details]
original description (of Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> 532 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 67, Pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Boleophthalmus taylori 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 Aprocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937) Fowler, H. W. (1937). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition. Part VIII,--Fishes obtained in 1936. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 89: 125-264. [details]
original description (of Apocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937) Fowler, H. W. (1937). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition. Part VIII,--Fishes obtained in 1936. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 89: 125-264. [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). (2026). 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 (40 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gobius changua Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes changua (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudapocryptes elongatus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus) (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816)
To Fishbase (from synonym Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Fishbase (from synonym Apocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Fishbase (from synonym Boleophthalmus taylori Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudapocryptes elongatus RAD108759-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudapocryptes elongatus RAD108759-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Apocryptodon edwardi Fowler, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gobius changua Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes changua (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudapocryptes elongatus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus) (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816)
To Fishbase (from synonym Apocryptes dentatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Eleotris lanceolata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Fishbase (from synonym Apocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Fishbase (from synonym Boleophthalmus taylori Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudapocryptes elongatus RAD108759-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudapocryptes elongatus RAD108759-001)
To ITIS