# Cryptocentrus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cryptocentrus cinctus by OpenCage.jpg
| image_caption = ''Cryptocentrus cinctus''
| taxon = Cryptocentrus
| authority = [Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1837
| type_species = ''Gobius cryptocentrus''
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1837
| synonyms = 
''Alepidogobius'' <small>Bleeker, 1874</small><br />
''Batman'' <small>Whitley, 1956</small><br />
''Iotogobius'' <small>Smith, 1959</small><br />
''Mars'' <small>Jordan & Seale, 1906</small><br />
''Obtortiophagus'' <small>Whitley, 1933</small><br />
''Smilogobius'' <small>Herre, 1934</small>
}}{{More citations needed|date=January 2021}}

'''''Cryptocentrus''''', also known as '''Watchman gobies''', and one of the genera known as '''shrimp gobies''' or '''prawn gobies''', is a [genus](/source/genus) of [gobies](/source/gobies) native to tropical marine waters of the [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) and [Pacific](/source/Pacific) oceans.

==Species==
There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus|genus=Cryptocentrus|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>
* ''[Cryptocentrus albidorsus](/source/Cryptocentrus_albidorsus)'' <small>([Yanagisawa](/source/Yasunobu_Yanagisawa), 1978)</small> (White-backed shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus altipinna](/source/Cryptocentrus_altipinna)'' <small>Hoese, 2019</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus bulbiceps](/source/Cryptocentrus_bulbiceps)'' <small>([Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1953)</small> (Bluelined shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_caeruleomaculatus)'' <small>([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1933)</small> (Blue-speckled prawn-goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_caeruleopunctatus)'' <small>([Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1830)</small> (Harlequin prawn-goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus callopterus](/source/Cryptocentrus_callopterus)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith), 1945</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus cebuanus](/source/Cryptocentrus_cebuanus)'' <small>[Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1927</small> (Cebu shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus cinctus](/source/Cryptocentrus_cinctus)'' <small>([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1936)</small> (Yellow prawn-goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus](/source/Cryptocentrus_cryptocentrus)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1837)</small> (Ninebar prawn-goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus](/source/Cryptocentrus_cyanospilotus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2011</small> (Bluespot shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia](/source/Cryptocentrus_cyanotaenia)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1853)</small> (Lagoon shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia](/source/Cryptocentrus_diproctotaenia)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1876</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus epakros](/source/Cryptocentrus_epakros)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2015</small> (Pointedfin shrimpgoby) <ref name=Allen2015>{{cite journal | author = Allen, G.R. | year = 2015 | title = Descriptions of two new species of shrimpgobies (Gobiidae: ''Cryptocentrus'' and ''Tomiyamichthys'') from Papua New Guinea | journal = Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation | volume = 16 | pages = 67–81 | url = http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf16c.pdf }}</ref>
* ''[Cryptocentrus fasciatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_fasciatus)'' <small>([Playfair](/source/Robert_Lambert_Playfair) ([fr](/source/%3Afr%3ARobert_Lambert_Playfair)), 1867)</small> (Y-bar shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus flavus](/source/Cryptocentrus_flavus)'' <small>[Yanagisawa](/source/Yasunobu_Yanagisawa), 1978</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus haydeni](/source/Cryptocentrus_haydeni)'' <small>(Herre, 1936)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus inexplicatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_inexplicatus)'' <small>([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1934)</small> (Inexplicable shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus insignitus](/source/Cryptocentrus_insignitus)'' <small>([Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1956)</small> (Signal goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus leonis](/source/Cryptocentrus_leonis)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith), 1931</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus leptocephalus](/source/Cryptocentrus_leptocephalus)'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1876</small> (Pink-speckled shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus leucostictus](/source/Cryptocentrus_leucostictus)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1872)</small> (Saddled prawn-goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus liolepis](/source/Cryptocentrus_liolepis)'' <small>Bleeker, 1876</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus lutheri](/source/Cryptocentrus_lutheri)'' <small>[Klausewitz](/source/Wolfgang_Klausewitz), 1960</small> (Luther's prawn-goby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus malindiensis](/source/Cryptocentrus_malindiensis)'' <small>([J. L. B. Smith](/source/James_Leonard_Brierley_Smith), 1959)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus maudae](/source/Cryptocentrus_maudae)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1937</small> (Maude's shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus melanopus](/source/Cryptocentrus_melanopus)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1860)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus multicinctus](/source/Cryptocentrus_multicinctus)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2011</small> (Multibarred shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus nanus](/source/Cryptocentrus_nanus)'' <small>Greenfield & Allen, 2018</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_nigrocellatus)'' <small>([Yanagisawa](/source/Yasunobu_Yanagisawa), 1978)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus niveatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_niveatus)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1837)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus pavoninoides](/source/Cryptocentrus_pavoninoides)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1849)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus pretiosus](/source/Cryptocentrus_pretiosus)'' <small>([Rendahl](/source/Carl_Hialmar_Rendahl) ([de](/source/%3Ade%3AHialmar_Rendahl)), 1924)</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus sericus](/source/Cryptocentrus_sericus)'' <small>Herre, 1932</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus shigensis](/source/Cryptocentrus_shigensis)'' <small>[N. Kuroda](/source/Nagamichi_Kuroda), 1956</small> (Shige shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus steinhardti](/source/Cryptocentrus_steinhardti)'' <small>Goren & Stern, 2021</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus strigilliceps](/source/Cryptocentrus_strigilliceps)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1906)</small> (Target shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus taiwanensis](/source/Cryptocentrus_taiwanensis)'' <small>Chen & Yang, 2024</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus tentaculatus](/source/Cryptocentrus_tentaculatus)'' <small>[Hoese](/source/Douglass_Fielding_Hoese) & [Larson](/source/Helen_Kay_Larson), 2004</small> (Tentacle shrimpgoby)
* ''[Cryptocentrus venustus](/source/Cryptocentrus_venustus)'' <small>Seale, 1914</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus wehrlei](/source/Cryptocentrus_wehrlei)'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1937</small>
* ''[Cryptocentrus yatsui](/source/Cryptocentrus_yatsui)'' <small>[Tomiyama](/source/Itiro_Tomiyama), 1936</small>

==References==
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Category:Cryptocentrus
Category:Gobiinae
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