Ninebar goby
Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus
- Usual depth1–22 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–22 m · Deepest record: 22 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Ninebar goby, ninebar goby, Ninebar prawn-goby
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ムラサメハゼ
Other scientific names: Cryptocentrus fasciatus, Cryptocentrus meleagris, Gobius cryptocentrus
Similar species
Blue-speckled Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus
Blue-and-red-spotted gobyCryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus
Banded Prawn GobyCryptocentrus cinctus
Barred Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus fasciatus
Black-nape Shrimp-gobyCryptocentrus inexplicatus
Leptocephalus Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus leptocephalus
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).
- 38 open-data records from 1949 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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