''Amblychaeturichthys'' is a small
genus
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of
gobies
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native to the northwestern
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently two recognized
species
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in this genus:
* ''
Amblychaeturichthys hexanema''
( Bleeker, 1853)
* ''
Amblychaeturichthys sciistius''
( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
References
Gobionellinae
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