Pink-speckled shrimpgoby

Cryptocentrus leptocephalus

Goby Over Sandy Bottoms

Pink
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Cryptocentrus
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia to New Caledonia, north to the Yaeyama Islands, south to northwestern Australia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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