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Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz 1960

Authors/Creators

  • 1. National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4575 - 3324
  • 2. National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4575 - 3324 & Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Gewann Rosenstein / Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. ronald. fricke @ smns-bw. de; ronfricke @ web. de; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1476 - 6990 Corresponding author. D. Golani: dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il & National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4575 - 3324

Description

Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz 1960 − Luther’s prawn goby

Gulf of Suez: −

Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Goren 1979b), Israel (Karplus et al. 1981).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Lieske & Myers 2010), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1960b).

General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Socotra, Persian Gulf and Mascarenes.

IUCN (2019): Least Concern.

Notes

Published as part of Golani, Daniel & Fricke, Ronald, 2026, Revised checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea, including distribution in the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba, with notes on endemism and Lessepsian migration, pp. 1-257 in Zootaxa 5780 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5780.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19175291

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5780.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Klausewitz
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Cryptocentrus
Species
lutheri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cryptocentrus lutheri Klausewitz, 1960 sec. Golani & Fricke, 2026

References

  • Goren, M. (1979 b) The Gobiinae of the Red Sea (Pisces: Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 60 (1 / 2), 13-64.
  • Karplus, I., Szlep, R. & Tsurnamal, M. (1981) Goby-shrimp partner specificity. I. Distribution in the northern Red Sea and partner specificity. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 51, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(81)90151-9
  • Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2010) Korallenriff-Fuhrer Rotes Meer. 2 nd Edition. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, 398 pp., 1 map.
  • Klausewitz, W. (1960 b) Fische aus dem Roten Meer. IV. Einige systematisch und okologisch bemerkenswerte Meergrundeln (Pisces, Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 41 (3 / 4), 149-162, pl. 21.