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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Cryptocentrus:Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335); multicinctus:Name from Latin word meaning many-belts or zones; referring to the diagnostic barred colour pattern which is most evident in the female.
เงี่ยงครีบหลัง (รวม) : 6 - 7; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่หาง (รวม) : 10; เงี่ยงครีบก้น: 1; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่ก้น: 9. Characterized by the following: dorsal rays VI-I,10; anal rays I,9; pectoral rays 16; scales in longitudinal series 79-83; predorsal scales 22-28; all scales cycloid; anterior part of breast,
prepelvic region, and pectoral-fin base naked; head naked except side of nape and predorsal region, these scales extending anteriorly to about level of middle of opercle; body depth at pelvic-fin origin 5.4-5.6 in SL; vomerine teeth present; gill opening extending forward to a vertical at posterior edge of preopercle or slightly anterior; dorsal spines progressively longer to fourth, longest 1.0-1.55 in HL; caudal fin lanceolate, 3.1-3.3 in SL; pectoral fins reaching to level of interdorsal space, 4.3-4.8 in SL; pelvic fins reaching posteriorly to between anus and anal-fin origin, 3.1-4.2 in SL; colour pattern features of freshly collected female: general olive colour, 5-6 oblique rows of blue lines and spots on side of head, about six brown bars on body with narrow whitish margins; brownish blotch on caudal peduncle, sometimes with scattered small blue spots on body; brown to greenish median fins with blue streaks corresponding with fin rays, and yellow margin on first dorsal fin; male similar, ground colour often pale (light green to nearly whitish); pattern of dark and pale bars less distinct and side with numerous, widely scattered small blue spots. (Ref. 92356).
Collected specimens were found near the wreck of a Japanese ship on a silty sand bottom in 4 m depth. Observed generally in pairs that share their burrows with a very active, unidentified species of alpheid shrimp (Ref. 92356).
Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall, 2011. Two new species of shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiidae: Cryptocentrus) from the Western Pacific. Marine Biology Research 7(6):554-564. (Ref. 92356)
สถานะบัญชีแดงของ IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
