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Scientific Name: Cryptocentrus maudae Fowler, 1937
English Name: Maude’s shrimpgoby
Local/Bangla Name: Baila (বাইলা)
Photo: Tse Chung Yi(GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Description:
Colour of head and body blackish brown; anterodorsal part of eye, interorbital space, snout and anterior tip of lower jaw pale or pale brown; several pale or pale brown saddles on head and body, in addition to numerous minute pale spots; anal fin with 5-6 diagonal black lines. Body elongate, compressed. Head slightly compressed; jaws subequal, not reaching to a vertical through posterior margin of eye; gill opening reaching anteriorly around a vertical through posterior margin of preopercle. Sensory canals and pores present on head; distinct transverse sensory-papillae rows on cheek; a pair of short longitudinal sensory papillae rows just behind chin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine, Brakish (Reef-associated)
