GOBIIDAE


Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia, FRLM 30704, 8.9 cm SL

Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia Bleeker, 1853
Lagoon shrimp goby

D VI - I, 10; A I, 10; P1 17 - 18; LR 92 - 95; PDS 24 - 27. Body moderately elongate, compressed posteriorly. Head slightly compressed; jaws subequal, large, extending beyond a vertical through posterior margin of eye; gill opening extending anteriorly beyond a vertical through preopercular margin. Pelvic fins united medially. Scales cycloid; head, breast, and pectoral fin base naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; distinct transverse sensory-papillae rows on cheek; a pair of short longitudinal sensory papillae rows just behind chin. Color: numerous short diagonal blue lines on head; alternating yellow and red lines on anal fin. Size: 12.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in muddy mangrove area.