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Cryptocentrus
Cryptocentrus also known as Watchman gobies, and 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.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 41 known species
Barred Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus fasciatus
Yellow Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus cinctus
Ventral-barred Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus sericus
Target Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus strigilliceps
Pinkspot Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus leptocephalus
Harlequin Prawn-goby
speciesCryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus
Bluespotted Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus
Pink Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus melanopus
Saddled Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus leucostictus
Maude's Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus maudae
Luther's Prawn-goby
speciesCryptocentrus lutheri
Ninebar Prawn-goby
speciesCryptocentrus cryptocentrus
Highfin Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus altipinna
Inexplicable Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus inexplicatus
Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus
speciesCryptocentrus nigrocellatus
Lagoon shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus cyanotaenia
Cryptocentrus albidorsus
speciesCryptocentrus albidorsus
Bluespotted Watchman Goby
speciesCryptocentrus pavoninoides
Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus
speciesCryptocentrus cyanospilotus
Cryptocentrus yatsui
speciesCryptocentrus yatsui
Malindi Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus malindiensis
Cryptocentrus wehrlei
speciesCryptocentrus wehrlei
Many-barred Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus multicinctus
Cebu Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus cebuanus
Blackdwarf shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus nanus
Cryptocentrus steinhardti
speciesCryptocentrus steinhardti
Cryptocentrus shigensis
speciesCryptocentrus shigensis
Signal Goby
speciesCryptocentrus insignitus
Cryptocentrus epakros
speciesCryptocentrus epakros
Cryptocentrus haydeni
speciesCryptocentrus haydeni
Cryptocentrus venustus
speciesCryptocentrus venustus
Cryptocentrus taiwanensis
speciesCryptocentrus taiwanensis
Cryptocentrus niveatus
speciesCryptocentrus niveatus
Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia
speciesCryptocentrus diproctotaenia
Tentacle Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus tentaculatus
Cryptocentrus pretiosus
speciesCryptocentrus pretiosus
Cryptocentrus callopterus
speciesCryptocentrus callopterus
Bluelined Shrimpgoby
speciesCryptocentrus bulbiceps
Cryptocentrus liolepis
speciesCryptocentrus liolepis
Cryptocentrus flavus
speciesCryptocentrus flavus
Cryptocentrus leonis
speciesCryptocentrus leonis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87711.