Bluespotted Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933)

Other Names: Blue-speckled Prawn-goby, Blue-speckled Shrimpgoby, Eight-barred Shrimp-goby, Green Shrimp Goby, Green Shrimpgoby

A Bluespotted Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus, in Bali, Indonesia, April 2015. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A greenish-brown shrimpgoby with broad darker divided bars along the side, a midlateral row of large blackish spots, pale blue dots on the head and body, larger pinkish spots on the head, and distinctive patterns of brownish spots, stripes, and bars on the dorsal and anal fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2024, Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/97

Bluespotted Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933)

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Distribution	Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, to the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific - Andaman Sea to the Solomon Islands, Ryukyu Island, and Micronesia. Inhabits shallow lagoons and sheltered coastal and nearshore coral reefs, sharing burrows with alpheid shrimps.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I, 9-10; Anal fin I, 9: Pectoral fin 15-17; Longitudinal scale series 47-59; Transverse scale count (TRB) 17-25; Gill rakers (outer face of first arch) 2-3 + 1 + 9-11 = 12-14. Greatest body depth 4.3 in SL; pelvic fins united, frenum present; head naked; caudal fin rounded, about equal to head length.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin caeruleus (= blue) and maculatus (= spotted), in reference to the small “pearl blue” spots scattered over the body.
Species Citation	Mars caeruleomaculatus Herre 1933 Copeia 1933(1): 22. Type locality: Tide flats at Jolo, Sulu Province, Philippines.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2024
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Bluespotted Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933)

References

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