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Y-bar shrimp goby

Cryptocentrus fasciatus

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A goby from the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef, that lives in sand burrows with snapping shrimps. It reaches 14 centimetres.

Scientific name
Cryptocentrus fasciatus
Family
Gobiidae

Fact sheet

General

Water
Saltwater
Group
Fish

Taxonomy

Family
Gobiidae
Order
Gobiiformes
Synonyms
Gobiosoma fasciatum

Origin

Native region
Oceania, Ásia, África

Size and lifespan

Adult size
14 cm

Conservation and trade

IUCN status
Least concern (LC)

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