Target shrimp goby (species: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cryptocentrus strigilliceps
Target shrimp goby


©Anne Hoggett: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps at Loomis, Lizard Island lagoon (12 Mar 2016)

©Rick Stuart-Smith: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps, Lizard Island area

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Cryptocentrus
Species Cryptocentrus strigilliceps

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

A shrimpgoby with a distinctive dark blue or black ocellated spot on side, with several smaller less intense spots in a row behind.

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (Length)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.

Other references

  • Caley, M.J. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Community dynamics of tropical reef fishes: local patterns between latitudes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 7-18. LIRS catalog number 447.