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Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Gobiidae

Higher classification
  
Amblyeleotris

Scientific name
  
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata

Similar
  
Amblyeleotris, Goby, Amblyeleotris diagonalis

Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata


Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata is a species of goby found on reefs or in sea grass beds in the western Pacific from New Caledonia to the Great Barrier Reef and around New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It can be found at depths of from 3 to 26 metres (9.8 to 85.3 ft). As with other Amblyeleotris species, it has a symbiotic relationship with alpheid shrimps, one or a pair of gobies sharing a burrow with a pair of shrimps.

This is a fairly elongated goby up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) standard length. The background colour is whitish marked with five vertical brown or orange bars. It is most readily distinguished from its congeners by a row of red spots along the margin of both dorsal fins and the upper part of the caudal fin and also by a prominent black spot just above and behind the eye.

References

Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Wikipedia


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