Pink-speckled shrimpgoby
(Cryptocentrus leptocephalus)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
The pink-speckled shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus) is a species of goby native to the western Pacific Ocean (Indonesia to New Caledonia, north to the Yaeyama Islands, south to northwestern Australia), where it occurs on silty substrates in coastal reefs, lagoons, mangrove swamps and tide pools.
It grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL.
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11.
Characterized by pale brownish green body color grading to whitish ventrally; 6-7 diffuse brownish bars on side; head, back and dorsal fins with pale-edged pink to red spots and smaller white spots; blue-edged orange to brown spots on first dorsal fin; united pelvic fins, presence of frenum; longitudinal scale series 77-92; head without scales; greatest depth of body 5.4-6.0 in SL; rounded caudal fin, longer than head length.
