Cryptocentrus, also known as Watchman gobies, and one of the genera known as shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, is a genus of gobies native to tropical marine waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus: Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa, 1978) (White-backed shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley, 1953) (Bluelined shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre, 1933) (Blue-speckled prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Harlequin prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus callopterus H. M. Smith, 1945 Cryptocentrus cebuanus Herre, 1927 (Cebu shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre, 1936) (Yellow prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Ninebar prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Bluespot shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) (Lagoon shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia Bleeker, 1876 Cryptocentrus epakros G. R. Allen, 2015 (Pointedfin shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair (fr), 1867) (Y-bar shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus flavus Yanagisawa, 1978 Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (Herre, 1934) (Inexplicable shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus insignitus (Whitley, 1956) (Signal goby) Cryptocentrus leonis H. M. Smith, 1931 Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker, 1876 (Pink-speckled shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Günther, 1872) (Saddled prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz, 1960 (Luther's prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus malindiensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) Cryptocentrus maudae Fowler, 1937 (Maude's shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker, 1860) Cryptocentrus multicinctus G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Multibarred shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus (Yanagisawa, 1978) Cryptocentrus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1837) Cryptocentrus octofasciatus Regan, 1908 (Blue-speckled prawn-goby) Cryptocentrus pavoninoides (Bleeker, 1849) Cryptocentrus polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) Cryptocentrus pretiosus (Rendahl (de), 1924) Cryptocentrus shigensis N. Kuroda, 1956 (Shige shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Target shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus tentaculatus Hoese & Larson, 2004 (Tentacle shrimpgoby) Cryptocentrus wehrlei Fowler, 1937 Cryptocentrus yatsui Tomiyama, 1936