Pinkspot Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker 1876


Other Names: Pink Shrimpgoby, Pink Spot Shrimp Goby, Pink-speckled Shrimpgoby, Saddled Shrimp Goby, Singapore Shrimp-goby

A Pinkspot Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus leptocephalus, at Ra, Fiji, March 2015. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A brownish-green shrimpgoby becoming whitish below, with 6-7 diffuse brownish bars along the side, small pale-edged pink to reddish spots and numerous smaller white dots on the head, back and dorsal fins and small round spots on the upper part of the pectoral-fin base. The first bar below the second dorsal fin ends partly above the anal-fin origin.
This species is frequently misidentifed as Crypocentrus melanopus.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Cryptocentrus leptocephalus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1330

Pinkspot Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker 1876

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Distribution

Northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west-central Pacific. 
Inhabits burrows in association with alpheid shrimps on sandy and muddy bottoms, often on reefs near mangroves.

Features

Dorsal fin VI-VII + 10-11; Anal fin I, 10-11; Longitudinal scale series 77-92.
Head without scales; greatest depth of body 5.4-6.0 in SL; pelvic fins united, frenum present; rounded caudal fin rounded, longer than head length 

Colour

Body brownish-green, becoming whitish ventrally; 6-7 diffuse brownish bars on side; head, back and dorsal fins with pale-edged pink to red spots and smaller white spots; first dorsal fin with blue-edged orange to brown spots.

Similar Species

Differs from the similar Cryptocentrus melanopus in having smaller pinks spots and numerous pale dots on the head and upper back, and the third oblique body bar ending in part above the anal-fin origin.

Species Citation

Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker 1876, Verslag. Mededeel. Koninklijke Akad. Wetensch, Amsterdam 2 9: 146. Type locality: Singapore.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Pinkspot Shrimpgoby, Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker 1876

References


Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

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

Bleeker, P. 1876. Description de quelques espèces insulindiennes inédites des genre Oxyurichthys, Paroxyurichthys et Cryptocentrus. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Afdeeling Natuurjunde). Amsterdam 2 9: 138-148.

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. (as Smilogobius obliquus).

Hoese, D.F., Shibukawa, K. & Sakaue, J. 2011. A redescription of the gobiid fish Cryptocentrus sericus Herre, with clarification of Cryptocentrus leptocephalus and C. melanopus. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 17(3): 163-172.

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.

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.

Russell, B.C., Fraser, T.H. & Larson, H.K. 2010. Castelnau's collection of Singapore fishes described by Pieter Bleeker. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(1): 93-102 (p. 99, considered C. melanopus as a senior synonym of Cryptocentrus leptocephalusPDF Open access

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428102

Behaviour:In burrows with alpheid shrimps

Depth:0-18 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:13 cm TL

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