Watchman goby

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Watchman gobies
Yellow Prawn-goby (C. cinctus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Cryptocentrus
Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Gobius cryptocentrus
Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms
  • Alepidogobius Bleeker, 1874
  • Batman Whitley, 1956
  • Iotogobius J. L. B. Smith, 1959
  • Mars D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Obtortiophagus Whitley, 1933
  • Paragobius Bleeker, 1873
  • Smilogobius Herre, 1934

Cryptocentrus, one of the genera known as shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, is a genus of gobies native to tropical marine waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa, 1978) (White-backed shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley, 1953) (Bluelined shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre, 1933) (Blue-speckled prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Harlequin prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus callopterus H. M. Smith, 1945
  • Cryptocentrus cebuanus Herre, 1927 (Cebu shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre, 1936) (Yellow prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Ninebar prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Bluespot shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) (Lagoon shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia Bleeker, 1876
  • Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair (fr), 1867) (Y-bar shrimp goby)
  • Cryptocentrus flavus Yanagisawa, 1978
  • Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre, 1934) (Inexplicable shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus insignitus (Whitley, 1956) (Signal goby)
  • Cryptocentrus koumansi (Whitley, 1933) (Kouman's prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus leonis H. M. Smith, 1931
  • Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker, 1876 (Pink-speckled shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Günther, 1872) (Saddled prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz, 1960 (Luther's prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus malindiensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1959)
  • Cryptocentrus maudae Fowler, 1937 (Maude's shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus multicinctus G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Multibarred shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus (Yanagisawa, 1978)
  • Cryptocentrus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Cryptocentrus octofasciatus Regan, 1908 (Blue-speckled prawn goby)
  • Cryptocentrus pavoninoides (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Cryptocentrus polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Cryptocentrus pretiosus (Rendahl (de), 1924)
  • Cryptocentrus russus (Cantor, 1849)
  • Cryptocentrus shigensis Nagamichi Kuroda, 1956 (Shige shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus singapurensis (Herre, 1936) (Singapore prawn-goby)
  • Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Target shrimp goby)
  • Cryptocentrus tentaculatus Hoese & Larson, 2004 (Tentacle shrimpgoby)
  • Cryptocentrus wehrlei Fowler, 1937
  • Cryptocentrus yatsui Tomiyama, 1936

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptocentrus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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