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Cryptocentrus fasciatus in Maldives
Y-bar shrimp goby

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Cryptocentrus fasciatus   (Playfair, 1867)
Family:	Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobiinae			picture (Crfas_uc.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Y-bar shrimp goby
Max. size:	14.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment:	reef-associated ; depth range 5 - 20 m
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef.
Diagnosis:	Mostly black with fine pale spotting or white saddles over top of head and back; sometimes yellow (Ref. 30404).
Biology:	Found on sand near patch reefs, usually in 5 m but to at least 15 m (Ref. 9710). Found in burrows with alpheid shrimps (Ref. 2334). Two individuals sometimes share a burrow, and these may be one of each color (Ref. 9360). Occurs in clear coastal and inner reef sand slopes, in small colonies in depth of 6-20 meters (Ref. 48637)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene. 1990. (Ref. 2334)
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Maldives country information
Common names:	Black shrimp-goby		Ref:  Kuiter, R.H., 1998
Status:	native		Ref:  Anderson, R.C., J.E. Randall and R.H. Kuiter, 1998
Salinity:	freshwater, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Photographed in the lagoon of Fulidhoo, Vaavu Atoll and at South Malé Atoll (Ref. 30829). Museum: Gaa Gandu Islet in the lagoon of North Malé Atoll, BPBM 34398 (7.3 cm SL) (Ref. 9360). Also Ref. 11303, 30404.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mv.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Randall, J.E. and M. Goren, 1993
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	Checked:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Modified:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Entered:  Capuli, Estelita Emily

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