Y-bar shrimp goby

Y-bar shrimp goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Cryptocentrus
Species:
C. fasciatus
Binomial name
Cryptocentrus fasciatus
(Playfair (fr), 1867)
Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma fasciatum Playfair, 1867

The Y-bar shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus fasciatus) is a species of goby widespread in the Indo-West-Pacific from East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef. This species can be found on reefs at depths of from 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft) where they live in burrows in sandy substrates. They are symbiotic with alpheid shrimps. This species can reach a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptocentrus fasciatus". FishBase. June 2013 version.


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