Y-bar shrimp goby

Y-bar shrimp goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Gobiidae
Genus:Cryptocentrus
Species: C. fasciatus
Binomial name
Cryptocentrus fasciatus
(Playfair (fr), 1867)
Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma fasciatum Playfair, 1867

The Y-bar shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus fasciatus) 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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cryptocentrus fasciatus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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