Overview
Family : Gobies ; Found on silty sand-rubble bottom , in association with snapping shrimps Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake and A. ochrostriatus Miya[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Down-Under Grouper, Downing's shrimpgoby, Shoulder-spot shrimp-goby, Snout-spot goby, Snoutspot goby
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
伊氏鈍鰕虎魚, 伊氏钝鰕虎鱼, 唐宁氏钝塘鳢, 唐寧氏鈍塘鱧
Description
Habitat
May be found at depths of 13 to 17 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -576 meters (0 to -1,890 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
()
- Family:
Gobiidae
()
- Genus:
Amblyeleotris
()
- Bleeker, 1874
- Specific name:
downingi
- Scientific name: - Amblyeleotris downingi Randall, 1994
- Specific name:
downingi
- Genus:
Amblyeleotris
(
- Family:
Gobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amblyeleotris esakiae • Amblygobius esakiae • Amblygobius esakiae Herre, 1939
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amblyeleotris
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. arcupinna (Horse-Shoe Shrimp-Goby) · A. aurora (Pink-Bar Shrimp-Goby) · A. bleekeri (Shrimp Goby) · A. callopareia (Beautiful-Cheek Shrimpgoby) · A. diagonalis (Diagonal Shrimp-Goby) · A. downingi (Shoulder-Spot Shrimp-Goby) · A. fasciata (Redbarred Shrimp Goby) · A. fontanesii (Giant Shrimp Goby) · A. guttata (Spotted Prawn Goby) · A. gymnocephala (Nakedhead Shrimpgoby) · A. latifasciata (Metallic Shrimp-Goby) · A. macronema (Longspine Shrimpgoby) · A. masuii (Masui's Shrimp-Goby) · A. ogasawarensis (Redspotted Shrimpgoby) · A. periophthalma (Periophthalma Prawn-Goby) · A. periophthalmus (Broad-Banded Shrimp-Goby) · A. randalli (Randall´s Prawn-Goby) · A. rhyax (Volcano Shrimpgoby) · A. rubrimarginata (Redmargin Shrimpgoby) · A. steinitzi (Steinitz's Shrimp-Goby) · A. sungami (Magnus' Prawn-Goby) · A. triguttata (Triplespot Shrimpgoby) · A. wheeleri (Gorgeous Prawn Goby) · A. yanoi (Flag-Tail Shrimp-Goby)
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Further Reading
- Kunzmann, A., J.E. Randall and I. Suprihanto (1998). Checklist of the shore fishes of the Mentawai Islands, Nias Island and the Padang region of West-Sumatra. Naga ICLARM Q. 22(1):4-10
- Randall, J.E. (1994). A new genus and six new gobiid fishes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Arabian waters. Fauna Saudi Arabia 14:317-340.
- Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119643
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-60568
- Fishbase Species ID: 26635
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 636919
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101725
Footnotes
- Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. [back]
- Mean = -146.000 meters (-479.003 feet), Standard Deviation = 287.320 based on 4 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
