Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus

Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Cryptocentrus
Species:	C. caeruleopunctatus
Binomial name
	Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus; (Rüppell, 1830)
Synonyms
	Gobius caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1830; Gobius pavoninus Valenciennes, 1837;

Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus, commonly known as the harlequin prawn-goby, is a species of goby.^[1] It has recently begun colonizing the Mediterranean Sea as part of the Lessepsian Migration.^[2] Before its recording in the Mediterranean this species was restricted to the Red Sea where it occurs on open sand bottoms of clear water reefs living in association with alpheid shrimps.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2918). "Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus" in FishBase. June 2918 version.
^ Rothman, Shevy B. S.; Goren, Menachem (2015-01-01). "First record of the Red Sea shrimp-goby Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus in the Mediterranean Sea". Marine Biodiversity Records. 8. doi:10.1017/S1755267215001323. ISSN 1755-2672.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2918). "Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus" in FishBase. June 2918 version.

[2] Rothman, Shevy B. S.; Goren, Menachem (2015-01-01). "First record of the Red Sea shrimp-goby Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus in the Mediterranean Sea". Marine Biodiversity Records. 8. doi:10.1017/S1755267215001323. ISSN 1755-2672.

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