Small yellow fish covered in small blue dots with a rounded head, large eyes, a large upturned mouth and short fins.

Yellow prawn goby

Cryptocentrus cinctus
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Wild Reef
Diet Very small animals called zoobenthos from the ocean floor
Size Length: Up to 4 inches (10 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Northwestern Indian and West-Central Pacific Oceans 
Habitat Burrows with pistol shrimp in coastal lagoons and bays 

Did you know?

  1. Many species of gobies and pistol shrimp have a symbiotic relationship. Gobies help to guard the burrow the shrimp created and the shrimp provides a home for the goby. Gobies also provide food for the shrimp while the shrimp keeps the goby clean of parasites.