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Etymology: Cryptocentrus: Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 4 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Mariana Islands, north to southern Japan; Belau, Ifaluk, and Guam in Micronesia.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1602)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 9. Resembles C. koumansi, but differs by having numerous small iridescent blue spots over a dark background with at least 8 transverse bars and 3 to 4 dark round spots longitudinally along the sides.
Common in fine sand or silt bottoms of shallow lagoons and coastal bays subject to terrestrial runoff at depths of 0.3 to 4 m. Uses the burrow of an alpheid species.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 25.4 - 29.3, mean 28.6 (based on 1810 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).