Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus, commonly known as the harlequin prawn-goby, is a species of goby. It recently entered the Mediterranean Sea, with large populations observed along the coast of Israel. Before its recording in the Mediterranean this species was restricted to the Red Sea, where it occurs on open sand bottoms of clear water reefs, living in association with alpheid shrimps.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Harlequin Prawn-goby being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Cryptocentrus
- Species
- Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus
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