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	<reference isbn='0-9621564-5-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37816&amp;speccode=66997'>Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48637&amp;speccode=66997'>Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka0 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57551&amp;speccode=66997'>Randall, J.E., R.F. Myers, M.N. Trevor, S.R. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, S. Yoshii and B.D. Greene0 Ninety-one new records of fishes from the Marshall Islands. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 9(3):115-132. (Ref. 57551)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=66997'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92356&amp;speccode=66997'>Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall0 Two new species of shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiidae: &lt;i&gt;Cryptocentrus&lt;/i&gt;) from the Western Pacific. Marine Biology Research 7(6):554-564. (Ref. 92356)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>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).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92356&amp;speccode=66997'>Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall 2011 Two new species of shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiidae: &lt;i&gt;Cryptocentrus&lt;/i&gt;) from the Western Pacific. Marine Biology Research 7(6):554-564. (Ref. 92356)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>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).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92356&amp;speccode=66997'>Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall 2011 Two new species of shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiidae: &lt;i&gt;Cryptocentrus&lt;/i&gt;) from the Western Pacific. Marine Biology Research 7(6):554-564. (Ref. 92356)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10;  Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92356&amp;speccode=66997'>Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall 2011 Two new species of shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiidae: &lt;i&gt;Cryptocentrus&lt;/i&gt;) from the Western Pacific. Marine Biology Research 7(6):554-564. (Ref. 92356)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Western Pacific:  Palau, Indonesia, Marshall Is. and Papua New Guinea.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92356&amp;speccode=66997'>Allen, G.R. and J.E. Randall 2011 Two new species of shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiidae: &lt;i&gt;Cryptocentrus&lt;/i&gt;) from the Western Pacific. Marine Biology Research 7(6):554-564. (Ref. 92356)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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