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Amblyeleotris macronema

(Longspine Shrimpgoby)

Overview

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Family : Gobies ; Collected from coarse sand at the base of a reef slope at a depth of 26 m. Associated with burrowing alpheid prawns [1].

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Longspine Shrimpgoby

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

大丝钝塘鳢, 大絲鈍塘鱧

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Polunin, N.V.C. and R. Lubbock Five new prawn-associated gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the genus Amblyeleotris. Bull . Br . Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 36(4):239-249., 1979.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 24-Mar-1998

Similar Species

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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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Notes

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Data Sources

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Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Polunin, N.V.C. and R. Lubbock (1979). Five new prawn-associated gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the genus Amblyeleotris. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 36(4):239-249. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012