Genus Cryptocentrus Valenciennes, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Cryptocentrus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 12 507 pp. pls 344-368. [111] [first published in synonymy, first made available by Bleeker, P. 1874. Esquisse d'un système naturel des gobioïdes. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 9: 289–331 (322)].

  Type species:

   Gobius cryptocentrus Valenciennes, 1837 by subsequent monotypy, see Bleeker, P. 1874. Esquisse d'un système naturel des gobioïdes. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 9: 289-331 [322].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

GOBIIDAE: Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) [recorded by Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. as C. octafasciatus, incorrectly reporting C. caeruleomaculatus as a junior synonym; Cryptocentrus octofasciatus is a junior synonym of C. cryptocentrus] — Hoese, D.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. [1636]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Hoese, D.F., Shibukawa, K. & Sakaue, J. 2011. A redescription of the gobiid fish Cryptocentrus sericus Herre, with clarification of Cryptocentrus leptocephalus and C. melanopus. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology [formerly Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology] 17(3): 163-172

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2004. Description of a new species of Cryptocentrus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Australia, with comments on the genus. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 20: 167-174

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Nov-2019	GOBIIDAE	21-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	21-Sep-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	21-Sep-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		21-Sep-2022	MODIFIED