Amblyeleotris triguttata

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Gobies ; Lives on sand-rubble substrata , symbiotic with Alpheus bellulus[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 2 to 17 meters.

Biome: Marine [2].

Ecology: Amblyeleotris triguttata inhabits burrows within a sand-rubble substrate in the vicinity of coral reefs. It lives in symbiosis with the shrimp Alpheus bellulus (Froese and Pauly 2007). This species is found at a depth range of 2 to 17 m. [2].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.3     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel   
  
•     9.4     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
  
•     9.8.5     Inter-Reef Soft Substrate   
  
•     9.8.6     Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate   
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Taxonomy

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

• Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2006. FishBase. Available at: www.fishbase.org.
• IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
• 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.
• 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.
• Wood, L.J. 2007. MPA Global: a database of the world's marine protected areas. Available at: www.mpaglobal.org.
• Wu, H.L., Shao, K.T. and Lai, C.F. 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
• 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 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Larson, H.K. & Van Tassell, J. 2010. Amblyeleotris triguttata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• 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)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119659
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-60569
• Fishbase Species ID: 26636
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 636942
• IUCN ID: 190372
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101787

Footnotes

1. Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. [back]
2. Larson, H.K. & Van Tassell, J. 2010. Amblyeleotris triguttata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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