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| Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrate > fishes > Family Gobiidae |
| Saddled
shrimp-goby Cryptocentrus maudae Family Gobiidae updated Jul 09 Where seen? This goby lives with a shrimp and is sometimes seen on our Southern shores. More about the goby and shrimp partnership. Features: To about 7cm, tiny ones about 1.5cm also seen. It shares a burrow with a snapping shrimp. The burrow is near the mid-water mark. The goby has a bright white snout and at least five white or pale 'saddles' across its back. Small ones are strikingly black-and-white, while larger ones have regular spots all over their bodies. |
 Labrador, May 05 |
 Labrador, May 05 |
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 Sentosa, Nov 08 |
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| Filmed on Labrador,
2008 snapping shrimp & goby @ labrador from BeachBum on Vimeo. |
| Acknowledgement With grateful thanks to Zeehan Jaafar for identification of the goby. Links
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