Silverspot Shrimpgoby, Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959


Other Names: Crocus Shrimpgoby, Saffron Shrimp-goby, Seychelles Shrimpgoby

A Silverspot Shrimpgoby, Ctenogobiops crocineus, in the Lizard Island area, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Lizard Island Field Guide, http://lifg.australianmuseum.net.au/. License: CC by Attribution

Summary:
A pale shrimpgoby with four rows of brown spotted and/or dashed lines along the side (midlateral line most distinct), two parallel oblique orange dashed-lines on cheek, larger dark spots along lower sides often encircled with blue dots, pectoral fin with a long white streak, and a small white dash on the upper pectoral-fin base. 

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Ctenogobiops crocineus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/105

Silverspot Shrimpgoby, Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959

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Distribution

Offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the Great Barrier Reef to One Tree Island, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean to Taiwan, southern Japan and Fiji.
Shares burrows with alpheid shrimps of the genus Alpheus on sand and rubble areas adjacent to the reef.

Features

Dorsal fin VI + I, 11-12; Anal fin I, 11; Pectoral fin 18-19; Lateral scale rows 51-56.
Body elongate, compressed, head slightly compressed; jaws extending posteriorly to below middle of eye; gill opening reaching anteriorly to below posterior margin of eye.
Scales ctenoid posteriorly, cycloid anteriorly; head, breast and pectoral-fin base naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; cheek with reduced longitudinal pattern of sensory papillae; a pair of sensory papillae just behind chin.
Pelvic fins united medially, frenum present; elongate dorsal-fin spines absent. 

Colour

About 4 irregular horizontal rows of dark brown dotted and/or dashed lines along the  body (dashed midlateral line most distinct); two parallel oblique orange dashed-lines on cheek; pectoral fin with a bright white streak.

Etymology

The specific name crocineus is from the Latincrocum (= saffron spice), in reference to the orange-yellow colour of this species as depicted in the illustration of the holotype.

Species Citation

Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith, 1959, Ichthyol. Bull. Rhodes Univ. Grahamstown 13: 191, pl. 11K. Type locality: Mahé, Seychelles. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Silverspot Shrimpgoby, Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959

References


Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91.

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. (as Ctenogobiops maculosus)

Kovačić, M., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Randall, J.E. 2011. Redescription of the Red Sea gobiid fish Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir) and validation of C. crocineus Smith. Zootaxa 3054: 60–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3054.1.2

Larson, H. 2016. Ctenogobiops crocineus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T68329253A68333664. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68329253A68333664.en. Downloaded on 25 May 2021.

Lubbock, R. & Polunin, N.V.C. 1977. Notes on the Indo-west Pacific genus Ctenogobiops (Teleostei : Gobiidae) with descriptions of three new species. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84(2): 505-514 figs 1-10 pls 1-3 https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.91404

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.

Nakamura, Y., Horinouchi, M., Nakai, T. & Sano, M. 2003. Food habits of fishes in a seagrass bed on a fringing coral reef at Iriomote Island, southern Japan. Ichthyological Research 50: 15-22.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

Randall, J.E., Shao, K.-T. & Chen, J.-P. 2003. A review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Ctenogobiops, with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Studies 42(4): 506-515. (as Ctenogobiops maculosus) See ref online

Smith, J.L.B. 1959. Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 13: 185-225 figs 1-42 pls 9-13 See ref online

Thacker, C.E., Thompson, A.R., Adam, T.C. & Chen, J.-P. 2010. Phylogeny and character evolution in the Indo-Pacific genus Ctenogobiops (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae). Ichthyological Research 57: 231-239.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428107

Behaviour:Shares burrows with alpheid shrimps

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:1-15 m

Habitat:Reef associated, sandy areas

Max Size:6 cm TL

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