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Y-bar Shrimp Goby

Cryptocentrus fasciatus

Classification

Family
Gobiidae

The Y-bar shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus fasciatus) is a species of goby widespread in the Indo-West-Pacific from East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef. This species can be found on reefs at depths of from 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft) where they live in burrows in sandy substrates. They are symbiotic with alpheid shrimps.

Distribution

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