Cryptocentrus cinctus
Yellow Shrimpgoby
©Tom Bridge: Yellow Shrimpgoby at Lizard Island
©Anne: Pale barred colour form of Cryptocentrus cinctus in the Lizard Island lagoon. Note banding on dorsal fin.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Cryptocentrus
Species
Cryptocentrus cinctus
Colours
Distinguishing features
A small goby that shares a sandy burrow with alpheid shrimp. Normally yellow with blue/white spots on head, upper body and dorsal fins. Allen et al (2003) record pale and dark variations but it is not known whether these occur at Lizard Island.
Size
- Up to 7 cm (Length of specimen)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It can be found in marine environments.Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Common in the lagoon near the edge of the reef. In one 2-hour dive to 4 m depth, at least 30 individuals was seen. Most were the pale barred colour form; only about 5 were yellow. One burrow was shared by two individuals of different colour forms.
Web resources
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.
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
- 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.
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