''Amblyeleotris'' is a

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in the

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Gobiidae Gobiidae or gobies is a family (biology), family of bony fish in the order (biology), order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genus, genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typ ...

found throughout the

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region. This is the largest genus of the shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, so-called because of their

symbiotic Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biolo ...

relationship with certain alpheid

shrimp A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion – typically Decapods belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchi ...

s. 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. Fossil ''Amblyeleotris'' otoliths have been found together with alpheid shrimp remnants from as early as late early Miocene (Burdigalian) suggesting a possible mutualistic association since then. The

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of ''Amblyeleotris'' vary considerably in size from less than 30 mm to almost 200 mm

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Species

There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus: * '' Amblyeleotris arcupinna'' Mohlmann & Munday, 1999 (Arc-fin shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris aurora'' ( Polunin &

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, 1977) (Pink-bar prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris bellicauda'' J. E. Randall, 2004 * '' Amblyeleotris biguttata'' J. E. Randall, 2004 (Twin-spot shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris bleekeri'' I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006 * '' Amblyeleotris callopareia'' Polunin &

, 1979 (Beautiful-cheek shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia'' ( Y. Ni, 1989) * '' Amblyeleotris delicatulus''

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, 1958 * '' Amblyeleotris diagonalis'' Polunin &

, 1979 (Diagonal shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris downingi'' J. E. Randall, 1994 (Downing's shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris ellipse'' J. E. Randall, 2004 * '' Amblyeleotris fasciata'' ( Herre, 1953) (Red-banded prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris fontanesii'' (

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, 1957 * '' Amblyeleotris latifasciata'' Polunin &

, 1979 (Wide-barred shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris macronema'' Polunin &

, 1979 (Long-spine shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris marquesas'' Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002 * '' Amblyeleotris masuii'' Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996 (Masui's shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris melanocephala'' Aonuma, Iwata & Yoshino, 2000 (Black-head shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris memnonia''

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, 2016 Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): New Species of ''Amblyeleotris'' (Gobiidae) from Phan Thiet Bay (South China Sea, Vietnam). ''Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (3): 467-469.'' * '' Amblyeleotris morishitai'' Senou & Aonuma, 2007 * '' Amblyeleotris neglecta'' Jaafar & J. E. Randall, 2009 Jaafar, Z. & Randall, J.E. (2009): A pictorial review and key to the shrimp gobies of the genus ''Amblyeleotris'' of the Red Sea, with description of a new species. ''Smithiana Bulletin, 10: 23-29.'' * '' Amblyeleotris neumanni'' J. E. Randall & Earle, 2006 * '' Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae''

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, 1981 * '' Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis'' Yanagisawa, 1978 (Red-spotted shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris periophthalma'' (

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, 1978 (Randall's prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris rhyax'' Polunin &

, 1979 (Volcano shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata'' Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002 (Red-margin shrimpgoby) * ''

Amblyeleotris steinitzi ''Amblyeleotris steinitzi'', Steinitz' prawn goby or simply Steinitz' goby, is a species of small fish in the Family (biology), family Gobiidae. It lives in association with an Alpheidae, alpheid shrimp and is found from the Red Sea through the I ...

'' ( Klausewitz, 1974) (Steinitz' prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata'' J. E. Randall, 2004 * '' Amblyeleotris sungami'' ( Klausewitz, 1969) (Magnus' prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris taipinensis'' I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006 * '' Amblyeleotris triguttata'' J. E. Randall, 1994 (Triple-spot shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris wheeleri'' ( Polunin &

, 1977) (Gorgeous prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris yanoi'' Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996 (Flag-tail shrimpgoby) * ''Amblyeleotris kireedam'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q688892 Gobiinae Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker