Target Shrimpgoby (species: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps) in Upolu Reef (Gaia Guide)
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Cryptocentrus strigilliceps
Target Shrimpgoby


©Anne: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps, Lizard Island lagoon

©Anne: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps, Lizard Island lagoon

©David: Upolu Reef, Ocean Freedom

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Cryptocentrus
Species Cryptocentrus strigilliceps

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Distinguishing features

A shrimpgoby with a distinctive dark blue or black ocellated spot on side, with several smaller less intense spots in a row behind.

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (total length)

Depth range

  • From 0 m to 15 m and averaging 8 m

Synonyms

Comments

The Egg-eating Sea Snake (Emydocephalus annulatus) will attack gobies, sliding down their hole and eating their eggs. Gobies rarely defend the nest, they sometimes bite or throw sand at the snake

by David Witherall

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It can be found in marine environments.

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Natural predators

References

  • Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.
  • Caley, M.J. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Community dynamics of tropical reef fishes: local patterns between latitudes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 7-18. LIRS catalog number 447.