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Eightbar Goby

Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837)

Diagnostic Description

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Head with numerous blue spots (Ref. 2798).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9
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Biology

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Occurs in shallow sandy expanses in or near seagrasses.
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Description

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Lives in associiation with alpheid shrimps.

Reference

Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown.

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