Ninebar prawn-goby
(Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus)

Image source: Dawn Goebbels | inaturalist.org

Classification

Species: Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus
Genus: Cryptocentrus
Family: Gobiidae - Gobies
Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Ninebar prawn-goby
Habitat: Saltwater
Climate: Tropical
Native to coasts of: Africa, Asia
Distribution: Indian ocean, Red sea

Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Persian Gulf southward to East Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean.

Specimens from southern Africa may be confused with Cryptocentrus lutheri.

Max length: 13 cm TL

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