Blue-speckled Prawn-goby
Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus
- Usual depth1–7 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsMay and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 31 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 22 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 15 records
- November: 16 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–7 m · Deepest record: 17 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Photos
(c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Blue-speckled Prawn-goby, Blue-speckled Shrimpgoby, Bluespotted Shrimpgoby, Eight-barred Shrimp-goby, Green Shrimp Goby, Red Sea Shrimpgoby
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Takanohahaze, タカノハハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 棕斑絲鰕虎, 棕斑絲鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Ctenogobius culionensis, Mars caeruleomaculatus
Similar species
Banded Prawn GobyCryptocentrus cinctus
Black-nape Shrimp-gobyCryptocentrus inexplicatus
Leptocephalus Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus leptocephalus
Maude's ShrimpgobyCryptocentrus maudae
Side-spot Shrimp-gobyCryptocentrus strigilliceps
- Bluespotted Watchman Goby
Cryptocentrus pavoninoides
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 103 open-data records from 1931 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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