Saddled Prawn-goby
Cryptocentrus leucostictus
- Usual depth1–7 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, 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: 9 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 18 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–7 m · Deepest record: 6.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Catherine Holland, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) coenobita, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Rachel Crane, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Saddled Prawn-goby, Saddled Shrimpgoby, Saddled Shrimp Goby, White-spotted Shrimp-goby
Other scientific names: Gobius leucostictus
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).
- 28 open-data records from 1929 to 2002.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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