''Cryptocentroides'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...
native to the western
Indian Ocean
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Cryptocentroides arabicus''
( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Arabian goby)
* ''
Cryptocentroides gobioides''
( J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Crested oystergoby)
* ''
Cryptocentroides insignis''
( Seale, 1910) (Insignia prawn-goby)
References
Gobiidae
Taxa named by Canna Maria Louise Popta
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