Watchman goby

Cryptocentrus, also known as Watchman gobies, and one of the genera known as shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, is a genus of gobies native to tropical marine waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans.

==Species== There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus: Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa, 1978) (White-backed shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus altipinna Hoese, 2019 Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley, 1953) (Bluelined shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre, 1933) (Blue-speckled prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Harlequin prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus callopterus H. M. Smith, 1945 Cryptocentrus cebuanus Herre, 1927 (Cebu shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre, 1936) (Yellow prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Ninebar prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Bluespot shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) (Lagoon shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia Bleeker, 1876 Cryptocentrus epakros G. R. Allen, 2015 (Pointedfin shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair (fr), 1867) (Y-bar shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus flavus Yanagisawa, 1978 Cryptocentrus haydeni (Herre, 1936) Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre, 1934) (Inexplicable shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus insignitus (Whitley, 1956) (Signal goby) Cryptocentrus leonis H. M. Smith, 1931 Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker, 1876 (Pink-speckled shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Günther, 1872) (Saddled prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus liolepis Bleeker, 1876 Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz, 1960 (Luther's prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus malindiensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) Cryptocentrus maudae Fowler, 1937 (Maude's shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker, 1860) Cryptocentrus multicinctus G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Multibarred shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus nanus Greenfield & Allen, 2018 Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus (Yanagisawa, 1978) Cryptocentrus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1837) Cryptocentrus pavoninoides (Bleeker, 1849) Cryptocentrus pretiosus (Rendahl (de), 1924) Cryptocentrus sericus Herre, 1932 Cryptocentrus shigensis N. Kuroda, 1956 (Shige shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus steinhardti Goren & Stern, 2021 Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Target shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus taiwanensis Chen & Yang, 2024 Cryptocentrus tentaculatus Hoese & Larson, 2004 (Tentacle shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus venustus Seale, 1914 Cryptocentrus wehrlei Fowler, 1937 Cryptocentrus yatsui Tomiyama, 1936