FB-69208 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69208 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Melanorivulus Melanorivulus amambaiensis Volcan, Severo-Neto & Lanés, 2018 Highfin shrimpgoby 2020-10-13 2020-10-13 Hoese, D.F.0 A review of the Cryptocentrus strigilliceps complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 32:23-38. (Ref. 119508) FB-pic-69218-21701 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-27 2021-07-22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Crcae_u7.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Crcae_u7.jpg FB-pic-69218-21702 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-27 2021-07-22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Crcae_u8.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Crcae_u8.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-69218 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-20 00:00:00 2020-10-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 The species has been reported to occur from seagrass beds with sandy-mud bottoms (Ref. 119508). Hoese, D.F. 2019 A review of the Cryptocentrus strigilliceps complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 32:23-38. (Ref. 119508) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69218 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-20 00:00:00 2020-10-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 This species is distinguished by all features pertaining to the C. strigilliceps complex to which this species belongs to, including the following: first dorsal fin very high, much higher than second dorsal fin and about 1.2-1.5 times higher than body depth at anal-fin origin in adults and equal to depth at anal-fin origin in juveniles, with pointed margin, second to fourth spines distinctly longer than other spines, fourth spine longest in adult (second or third longest in juveniles), but not distinctly prolonged into a filament; mouth moderate, ending below posterior lower quarter of eye, just behind pupi, with jaws forming angle of 24-26° with body axis, upper margin of upper jaw in line with point about one-quarter to one-third pupil diameter below eye; gill opening reaching to below a point just under and before posterior preopercular margin; head papillae minute and not on distinct ridges; scales ctenoid posteriorly on body, becoming cycloid anteriorly on midside below posterior end of first dorsal fin; predorsal area naked, with scales reaching forward to a curved line from first dorsal-fin origin to upper pectoral-fin insertion; sides of head with irregularly shaped elongate spots and numerous small bluish white spots (black when preserved); sides of body with scattered, minute, bluish white spots and with irregularly shaped spots on midside with faint bands extending ventrally from spots; pelvic fins fused, with a frenum, and large, reaching to or just short of anus; longitudinal scale count 18-22 cycloid scale rows anteriorly plus 39-43 ctenoid scale rows posteriorly, total 59-65; transverse scale count (TRB)=20-22 (Ref. 119508). Hoese, D.F. 2019 A review of the Cryptocentrus strigilliceps complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 32:23-38. (Ref. 119508) FB-Morphology-69218 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-20 00:00:00 2020-10-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9 Hoese, D.F. 2019 A review of the Cryptocentrus strigilliceps complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 32:23-38. (Ref. 119508) FB-Distribution-69218 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-20 00:00:00 2024-07-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 Indian Ocean: from Tanzania, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Sea off Thailand. Hoese, D.F. 2019 A review of the Cryptocentrus strigilliceps complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 32:23-38. (Ref. 119508) FB-Size-69218 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-20 00:00:00 2020-10-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 119508)); 5.9 cm SL (female) Hoese, D.F. 2019 A review of the Cryptocentrus strigilliceps complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 32:23-38. (Ref. 119508) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69218 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-20 00:00:00 2020-10-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69218 reef-associated; marine