- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIIDAE
- Cryptocentrus
- inexplicatus
Inexplicable Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre 1934)
An Inexplicable Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus inexplicatus, in Bali, Indonesia. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A pale grey shrimpgoby with 6-7 mottled greenish to greyish or pale brown bars along the side, mottling on the top of the head and back, 3-4 black spots on the rear edge of the gill cover, and smaller black spots scattered on the head and anterior sides.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Cryptocentrus inexplicatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/100
Inexplicable Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre 1934)
More Info
Distribution |
Darwin area, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the west Pacific. Inhabits silty-sandy and rubble areas in estuaries, reef lagoons and on sheltered reef flats. |
Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I, 10; Anal fin I, 9; Pectoral fin 16-18. Greatest body depth 4.5-5.0 in SL; pelvic fins united, frenum present; longitudinal scale series about 70; head naked; caudal fin rounded, about equal to head length. |
Species Citation |
Smilogobius inexplicatus Herre 1934. Notes on Fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. The fishes of the Herre Philippine Expedition of 1931 1: 88. Type locality: Sitankai, Sulu Province, Philippines. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
Resources |
Inexplicable Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre 1934)
References
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Herre, A.W. 1934. Notes on Fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. The fishes of the Herre Philippine Expedition of 1931. Hong Kong : The Newspaper Enterprise Vol. 1 106 pp.
Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2004. Description of a new species of Cryptocentrus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Australia, with comments on the genus. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 20: 167-174.
Kuiter R.W. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Melbourne : Zoonetics pp. 623–893.
Larson, H.K. & Murdy, E.O. 2001. Eleotridae, Gobiidae. pp. 3574-3604 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
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.
Nakabo, T. (ed.) 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition. Tokyo : Toikai University Press pp. 867-1749.