Inexplicable Shrimpgoby

Cryptocentrus inexplicatus

Also known as: Blacknape Shrimpgoby, Gudgeon, Inexplicable Prawngoby, Prawn Goby, Shrimp Goby, Watchman Goby, Watchman Inexplicable

ALSO KNOWN AS

Blacknape Shrimpgoby
Gudgeon
Inexplicable Prawngoby
Prawn Goby
Shrimp Goby
Watchman Goby
Watchman Inexplicable

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2021

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Inexplicable Shrimpgoby adult, photographed at Banda is, Indonesia — @perigor2000 · Banda is, Indonesia · February 20111 / 1

Overview

Found singly or in pairs, sharing their burrow with an alpheid shrimp, over silty sandy areas of shallow protected estuaries, coastal reef flats and lagoons.

Shrimp Gobies live a symbiotic relationship with snapping shrimps.
The Gobies stand guard while the shrimps play "housekeeper" to their burrow, continually digging and cleaning the sand. The Gobies will signal when predators are near.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: bars spots
Behaviour: burrowing pairs solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Western Pacific
Country only · 1

LIVES IN

Found singly or in pairs, sharing their burrow with an alpheid shrimp, over silty sandy areas of shallow protected estuaries, coastal reef flats and lagoons.

RANGE