''Cryptocentrus'', also known as Watchman gobies, and one of the genera known as shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, 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 tropical marine waters of the
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
** Indian English, a dialect of the English language
** Indian cuisine
Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
and
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five 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 bounded by the cont ...
oceans.
Species
There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Cryptocentrus albidorsus''
( Yanagisawa, 1978) (White-backed shrimpgoby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus bulbiceps''
( Whitley, 1953) (Bluelined shrimpgoby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus''
( Herre, 1933) (Blue-speckled prawn-goby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus''
( Rüppell, 1830) (Harlequin prawn-goby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus callopterus''
H. M. Smith, 1945
* ''
Cryptocentrus cebuanus''
Herre, 1927 (Cebu shrimpgoby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus cinctus''
( Herre, 1936) (Yellow prawn-goby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus''
(Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1837) (Ninebar prawn-goby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus''
G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Bluespot shrimpgoby)
* ''
Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia''
(Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia'' Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Cryptocentrus epakros'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Pointedfin shrimpgoby) Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Cryptocentrus leucostictus'' ( Günther, 1872) (Saddled prawn-goby)
* '' Cryptocentrus lutheri'' Klausewitz, 1960 (Luther's prawn-goby)
* '' Cryptocentrus malindiensis'' (J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1959)
* '' Cryptocentrus maudae'' Fowler, 1937 (Maude's shrimpgoby)
* '' Cryptocentrus melanopus'' (Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Cryptocentrus multicinctus'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Multibarred shrimpgoby)
* '' Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus'' ( Yanagisawa, 1978)
* '' Cryptocentrus niveatus'' (Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1837)
* '' Cryptocentrus octofasciatus'' Regan, 1908 (Blue-speckled prawn-goby)
* '' Cryptocentrus pavoninoides'' (