Black-nape Shrimp-goby
Cryptocentrus inexplicatus
- Usual depth1–5 m
- Water temperature28–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–5 m · Deepest record: 4.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C
Photos
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Black-nape Shrimp-goby, Enexplicable Shrimpgoby, Inexplicable Shrimpgoby
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Buchihaze, ブチハゼ
Other scientific names: Smilogobius inexplicatus
Similar species
Blue-speckled Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus
Banded Prawn GobyCryptocentrus cinctus
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).
- 11 open-data records from 1931 to 2008.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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