Cryptocentrus leptocephalus, FRLM 30604, 6.6 cm SL
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker, 1876
Pink-speckled shrimp goby
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D VI - I, 10; A I, 10; P1 17; LR 73 - 79; PDS 0. Body moderately elongate, compressed posteriorly. Head slightly compressed; jaws subequal, not reaching to a vertical through posterior margin of eye; gill opening not reaching anteriorly to a vertical through preopercular margin. Pelvic fins united medially. Scales cycloid or weak ctenoid; 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: several diagonal reddish-pink bands on body; reddish-pink spots and lines on head and dorsal fins. Size: 10.0 cm SL. Distribution: Andaman Sea and West Pacific. Remarks: found in estuaries, mangrove area and protected bays with sandy-mud bottoms.
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