Gobiidae

Saffron shrimp-goby

Ctenogobiops crocineus

Sharing sandy burrows with shrimp

• Brown
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Ctenogobiops tangaroai, the silver-spotted shrimp-goby, is a species of bony fish of the family Gobiidae, native to the reefs which is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean through northern Australia and Taiwan, southern Japan and Fiji. It occurs in fine-grained sand patches at depths of from 4 to 40 metres (13 to 131 ft) where it is commensal with alpheid shrimps, with a fish and shrimp sharing a burrow. This species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.