Cryptocentrus

Cryptocentrus
	Cryptocentrus cinctus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Cryptocentrus; Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
	Gobius cryptocentrus; Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms
	Alepidogobius Bleeker, 1874; Batman Whitley, 1956; Iotogobius Smith, 1959; Mars Jordan & Seale, 1906; Obtortiophagus Whitley, 1933; Paragobius Bleeker, 1873; Smilogobius Herre, 1934

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.

Species

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:

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 epakros G. R. Allen, 2015 (Pointedfin shrimpgoby) ^[1]
Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair (fr), 1867) (Y-bar shrimpgoby)
Cryptocentrus flavus Yanagisawa, 1978
Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre, 1934) (Inexplicable shrimpgoby)
Cryptocentrus insignitus (Whitley, 1956) (Signal 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 melanopus (Bleeker, 1860)
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 shigensis N. Kuroda, 1956 (Shige shrimpgoby)
Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Target shrimpgoby)
Cryptocentrus tentaculatus Hoese & Larson, 2004 (Tentacle shrimpgoby)
Cryptocentrus wehrlei Fowler, 1937
Cryptocentrus yatsui Tomiyama, 1936

References

^ Allen, G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of two new species of shrimpgobies (Gobiidae: Cryptocentrus and Tomiyamichthys) from Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 67–81.

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[Allen2015-1] Allen, G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of two new species of shrimpgobies (Gobiidae: Cryptocentrus and Tomiyamichthys) from Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 67–81.

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