Parapocryptes

Parapocryptes is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Parapocryptes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Oxudercinae
Genus:	Parapocryptes Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Apocryptes macrolepis as a synonym of Parapocryptes serperaster Bleeker, 1851

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Parapocryptes rictuosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Parapocryptes serperaster (J. Richardson, 1846)

Relationship to humans

In Thailand Parapocryptes was called pla thong thew (Thai: ปลาท่องเที่ยว; literally: "travel fish"). Because not sedentary behaviors, and Travel fish are fish that can be used for cooking. The Travel fish season lasts from October to December every year. Because it is the monsoon season, it causes the most fish to come out. As a result, fishermen around Songkhla Lake flock to catch to travel fish to sell. The most common place to sell travel fish is at the Kuan Niang fresh market. Khuan Niang district Songkhla Province Southern Thailand which fish travel It is a good product of Khuan Niang District.^[2]