Y-bar shrimp goby
| Y-bar shrimp goby | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Cryptocentrus |
| Species: | C. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair (fr), 1867) | |
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Cryptocentrus fasciatus, the Y-bar shrimpgoby, is a species of goby widespread in the Indo-West-Pacific from East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef. This species can be found on reefs at depths of from 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft) where they live in burrows in sandy substrates. They are commensal with alpheid shrimps. This species can reach a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cryptocentrus fasciatus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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