Amblyeleotris

Taxobox
name = "Amblyeleotris"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Spotted prawn goby, "Amblyeleotris guttata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Gobiidae
genus = "Amblyeleotris"
genus_authority = Bleeker 1874
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Amblyeleotris" is a genus of colourful gobies found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. With 33 recognized species, 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.

pecies

*"Amblyeleotris arcupinna"
*"Amblyeleotris aurora" - pinkbar goby
*"Amblyeleotris bellicauda"
*"Amblyeleotris biguttata"
*"Amblyeleotris callopareia"
*"Amblyeleotris delicatulus"
*"Amblyeleotris diagonalis"
*"Amblyeleotris downingi" - Downing's shrimp goby
*"Amblyeleotris ellipse"
*"Amblyeleotris fasciata" - red-banded prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris fontanesii" - giant prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris guttata" - spotted prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris gymnocephala" - masked shrimp goby
*"Amblyeleotris harrisorum"
*"Amblyeleotris japonica"
*"Amblyeleotris katherine"
*"Amblyeleotris latifasciata"
*"Amblyeleotris macronema"
*"Amblyeleotris marquesas"
*"Amblyeleotris masuii"
*"Amblyeleotris melanocephala"
*"Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae"
*"Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis"
*"Amblyeleotris periophthalma" - periophthalma prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris randalli" - Randall's prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris rhyax" - Volcano shrimp goby
*"Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata"
*"Amblyeleotris steinitzi" - Steinitz' prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata"
*"Amblyeleotris sungami" - Magnus' prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris triguttata" - triplespot shrimp goby
*"Amblyeleotris wheeleri" - gorgeous prawn goby
*"Amblyeleotris yanoi" - flagtail shrimp goby

References

* [http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/NomenClature/ValidNameList.cfm?criteria=SYNONYMS.SynGenus+%3D+%27amblyeleotris%27++AND+SYNONYMS.SynSpecies+like+%27%25%25%27+&vtitle=Scientific+Names+where+genus+equals+%3Ci%3EAmblyeleotris%3C%2Fi%3E FishBase entry for "Amblyeleotris"]
* [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/50/50rbz215-226.pdf Three new species of gobiid fishes of the genus "Amblyeleotris" from the central and western Pacific]