Side-spot Shrimp-goby
Cryptocentrus strigilliceps
- Usual depth1–19 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, August, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The target shrimpgoby is a species of goby native to the Indo-West-Pacific where it occurs near coasts on silty or sandy reefs at depths of from 3 to 15 metres. This species is symbiotic with alpheid shrimps. It can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Target shrimp goby”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 25 records
- February: 36 records
- March: 21 records
- April: 15 records
- May: 26 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 14 records
- August: 35 records
- September: 16 records
- October: 24 records
- November: 27 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–19 m · Deepest record: 60 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Side-spot Shrimp-goby, Target Goby, Target Prawn-goby, Target Shrimpgoby
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Gobie-cible
- Japanese
- Hinomaruhaze, ヒノマルハゼ
- Thai
- ปลาบู่กุ้งข้างจุด
- Simplified Chinese
- 紋斑絲鰕虎, 紋斑絲鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Cryptocentrus koumansi, Mars strigilliceps, Obtortiophagus koumansi
Similar species
Blue-speckled Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus
Banded Prawn GobyCryptocentrus cinctus
Black-nape Shrimp-gobyCryptocentrus inexplicatus
Leptocephalus Prawn-gobyCryptocentrus leptocephalus
Maude's ShrimpgobyCryptocentrus maudae
- 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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 276 open-data records from 1950 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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