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Pink-speckled shrimpgoby

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Pink-speckled shrimpgoby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Cryptocentrus
Species: C. leptocephalus
Binomial name
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus
(Bleeker, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Gobius melanopus Bleeker, 1860
  • Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker, 1860)
  • Smilogobius obliquus Herre, 1934
  • Cryptocentrus obliquus (Herre, 1934)

The pink-speckled shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus) is a species of goby native to the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs on silty substrates in coastal reefs, lagoons, mangrove swamps and tide pools. It grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptocentrus leptocephalus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus


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