Amblyeleotris
For other uses, see Shrimp goby.
For other uses, see Prawn goby.
| Amblyeleotris | |
|---|---|
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| Spotted Prawn-goby, (A. guttata) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Amblyeleotris Bleeker 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris periophthalmus Bleeker, 1853 | |
Steinitz's shrimpgoby, Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Amblyeleotris is a genus of colourful gobies found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. This is the largest genus of the shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, so-called because of their symbiotic relationship with certain alpheid shrimps. The shrimp excavates and maintains a burrow used by both animals while the goby, which has far superior eyesight, acts as a lookout for predators. The shrimp maintains almost constant contact with the fish with an antenna.
Amblyeleotris species vary considerably in size from less than 30 mm to almost 200 mm standard length.
Species
There are currently 38 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Amblyeleotris arcupinna Mohlmann & Munday, 1999
- Amblyeleotris aurora (Polunin & Lubbock, 1977) (Pinkbar goby)
- Amblyeleotris bellicauda J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris biguttata J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris bleekeri I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006 (Shrimp goby)
- Amblyeleotris callopareia Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Beautiful-cheek shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris cephalotaenius (Y. Ni, 1989)
- Amblyeleotris delicatulus J. L. B. Smith, 1958
- Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Diagonal shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris downingi J. E. Randall, 1994 (Downing's shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris ellipse J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre, 1953) (Red-banded prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris fontanesii (Bleeker, 1853) (Giant prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler, 1938) (Spotted prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris gymnocephala (Bleeker, 1853) (Masked shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris harrisorum Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002
- Amblyeleotris japonica Takagi, 1957
- Amblyeleotris latifasciata Polunin & Lubbock, 1979
- Amblyeleotris macronema Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Longspine shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris marquesas Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002
- Amblyeleotris masuii Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996
- Amblyeleotris melanocephala Aonuma, Iwata & Yoshino, 2000
- Amblyeleotris morishitai Senou & Aonuma, 2007
- Amblyeleotris neglecta Jaafar & J. E. Randall, 2009
- Amblyeleotris neumanni J. E. Randall & Earle, 2006
- Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae Goren, 1981
- Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis Yanagisawa, 1978 (Redspotted shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker, 1853) (Periophthalma prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris randalli Hoese & Steene, 1978 (Randall's prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Volcano shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002 (Redmargin shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz, 1974) (Steinitz' prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz, 1969) (Magnus' prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris taipinensis I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006
- Amblyeleotris triguttata J. E. Randall, 1994 (Triplespot shrimpgoby)
- Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock, 1977) (Gorgeous prawn-goby)
- Amblyeleotris yanoi Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996 (Flagtail shrimpgoby)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Amblyeleotris in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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