Biology:Cryptocentroides

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cryptocentroides
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Cryptocentroides insignis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Cryptocentroides
Popta, 1922
Type species
Cryptocentroides dentatus as a synonym of Cryptocentroides insignis
Popta, 1922
Synonyms
  • Amblycentrus Goren, 1979

Cryptocentroides is a genus of gobies native to the western Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cryptocentroides arabicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Arabian goby)
  • Cryptocentroides gobioides (J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Crested oystergoby)
  • Cryptocentroides insignis (Seale, 1910) (Insignia prawn-goby)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptocentroides in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q777250 entry