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Amblyeleotris
''Amblyeleotris'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. This is the largest genus of the shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, so-called because of their symbiotic relationship with certain alpheid shrimps. 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 species of ''Amblyeleotris'' vary considerably in size from less than 30 mm to almost 200 mm standard length. Species There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus: * '' Amblyeleotris arcupinna'' Mohlmann & Munday, 1999 (Arc-fin shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris aurora'' ( Polunin & Lubbock, 1977) (Pink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblyeleotris Downingi
''Amblyeleotris'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Gobiidae found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. This is the largest genus of the shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, so-called because of their symbiotic relationship with certain Alpheidae, alpheid shrimps. 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 (biology), 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 species of ''Amblyeleotris'' vary considerably in size from less than 30 mm to almost 200 mm fish measurement, standard length. Species There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus: * ''Amblyeleotris arcupinna'' Mark S. Mohlmann, Mohlmann & Philip L. Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |