Cryptocentrus, also known as Watchman gobies, and one of the genera known as shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, is a genus of gobies native to tropical marine waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:
- Cryptocentrus albidorsus <small>(Yanagisawa, 1978)</small> (White-backed shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus altipinna <small>Hoese, 2019</small>
- Cryptocentrus bulbiceps <small>(Whitley, 1953)</small> (Bluelined shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus <small>(Herre, 1933)</small> (Blue-speckled prawn-goby)
- Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus <small>(Rüppell, 1830)</small> (Harlequin prawn-goby)
- Cryptocentrus callopterus <small>H. M. Smith, 1945</small>
- Cryptocentrus cebuanus <small>Herre, 1927</small> (Cebu shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus cinctus <small>(Herre, 1936)</small> (Yellow prawn-goby)
- Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small> (Ninebar prawn-goby)
- Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011</small> (Bluespot shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> (Lagoon shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia <small>Bleeker, 1876</small>
- Cryptocentrus epakros <small>G. R. Allen, 2015</small> (Pointedfin shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus fasciatus <small>(Playfair (), 1867)</small> (Y-bar shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus flavus <small>Yanagisawa, 1978</small>
- Cryptocentrus haydeni <small>(Herre, 1936)</small>
- Cryptocentrus inexplicatus <small>(Herre, 1934)</small> (Inexplicable shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus insignitus <small>(Whitley, 1956)</small> (Signal goby)
- Cryptocentrus leonis <small>H. M. Smith, 1931</small>
- Cryptocentrus leptocephalus <small>Bleeker, 1876</small> (Pink-speckled shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus leucostictus <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> (Saddled prawn-goby)
- Cryptocentrus liolepis <small>Bleeker, 1876</small>
- Cryptocentrus lutheri <small>Klausewitz, 1960</small> (Luther's prawn-goby)
- Cryptocentrus malindiensis <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1959)</small>
- Cryptocentrus maudae <small>Fowler, 1937</small> (Maude's shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus melanopus <small>(Bleeker, 1860)</small>
- Cryptocentrus multicinctus <small>G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011</small> (Multibarred shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus nanus <small>Greenfield & Allen, 2018</small>
- Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus <small>(Yanagisawa, 1978)</small>
- Cryptocentrus niveatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small>
- Cryptocentrus pavoninoides <small>(Bleeker, 1849)</small>
- Cryptocentrus pretiosus <small>(Rendahl (), 1924)</small>
- Cryptocentrus sericus <small>Herre, 1932</small>
- Cryptocentrus shigensis <small>N. Kuroda, 1956</small> (Shige shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus steinhardti <small>Goren & Stern, 2021</small>
- Cryptocentrus strigilliceps <small>(D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small> (Target shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus taiwanensis <small>Chen & Yang, 2024</small>
- Cryptocentrus tentaculatus <small>Hoese & Larson, 2004</small> (Tentacle shrimpgoby)
- Cryptocentrus venustus <small>Seale, 1914</small>
- Cryptocentrus wehrlei <small>Fowler, 1937</small>
- Cryptocentrus yatsui <small>Tomiyama, 1936</small>
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