Nakedhead Shrimpgoby

Amblyeleotris gymnocephala

Whitish with 5 brown stripes and brown markings in their interstices. Often with a dark line from the back edge of eye to the first vertical stripe.

Size : 10 cm

Habitat : Inhabits sandy as well as rubble areas in lagoons and outer reef slopes, 3-35 m. In burrow along with partner shrimp Alpheus ochrostruatus.

Distribution : NW Australia and Eastern Indonesia to the Philippines and Marshall Islands.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Gobiiformes

FAMILY

:

Gobiidae

GENUS

:

Amblyeleotris

SPECIES

:

Amblyeleotris gymnocephala

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner