Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus

(Ruppel, 1830)

Harlequin Prawn Goby

Range: Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea.

Size: 5 inches (13 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits inshore course sandy areas where it lives with Alpheid/pistol shrimp and usually found at depths between 6 – 50 feet (2 – 15 m) where it feeds upon benthic invertebrate.

General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Cryptocentrus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.