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Y-bar shrimp goby
Cryptocentrus fasciatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Y-bar shrimp goby
- Scientific
- Cryptocentrus fasciatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 20 m (usually 5 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A shrimp goby of very variable colour, from yellow to black or barred with white saddles, reaching about 14 cm. It shares a burrow with a snapping shrimp on sand near patch reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cryptocentrus-fasciatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Y-bar_Shrimp_Goby_(Cryptocentrus_fasciatus)_(6062338926).jp
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.