Cryptocentrus

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Cryptocentrus
File:Cryptocentrus cinctus by OpenCage.jpg
Cryptocentrus cinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Cryptocentrus
Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Gobius cryptocentrus
Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms

Alepidogobius Bleeker, 1874
Batman Whitley, 1956
Iotogobius Smith, 1959
Mars Jordan & Seale, 1906
Obtortiophagus Whitley, 1933
Smilogobius Herre, 1934

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

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There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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