Gobiidae

Y-bar shrimp goby

Cryptocentrus fasciatus

Sharing sandy burrows with alpheid shrimps

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

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.