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''Amblyeleotris'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae found throughout the
Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region. This is the largest genus of the shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, so-called because of their
symbiotic Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
relationship with certain
alpheid Alpheidae is a family of caridean snapping shrimp, characterized by having asymmetrical claws, the larger of which is typically capable of producing a loud snapping sound. Other common names for animals in the group are pistol shrimp or alpheid ...
shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
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
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. 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 Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish m ...
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Species

There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus: * ''
Amblyeleotris arcupinna ''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 ...
'' Mohlmann & Munday, 1999 (Arc-fin shrimpgoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris aurora ''Amblyeleotris aurora'', the pinkbar goby, is a species of goby native to reefs of the western Indian Ocean at depths of from though usually not deeper than . It is commensal with the shrimp '' Alpheus randalli''. This species can reach a l ...
'' ( Polunin & Lubbock, 1977) (Pink-bar prawngoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris bellicauda ''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 ...
'' J. E. Randall, 2004 * ''
Amblyeleotris biguttata ''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 ...
'' J. E. Randall, 2004 (Twin-spot shrimpgoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris bleekeri ''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 shrimp ...
'' I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006 * ''
Amblyeleotris callopareia ''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 shrimp ...
'' Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Beautiful-cheek shrimpgoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia ''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 shrimp ...
'' ( Y. Ni, 1989) * ''
Amblyeleotris delicatulus ''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 shrimp ...
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J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
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Amblyeleotris diagonalis ''Amblyeleotris diagonalis'', the diagonal shrimpgoby, is a species of goby. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found on reefs at depths of from . ''Amblyeleotris diagonalis'' is commensal with alp ...
'' Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Diagonal shrimpgoby) * ''
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 certai ...
'' J. E. Randall, 1994 (Downing's shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris ellipse'' J. E. Randall, 2004 * '' Amblyeleotris fasciata'' ( Herre, 1953) (Red-banded prawngoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris fontanesii ''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 ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Amblyeleotris guttata ''Amblyeleotris guttata'', the spotted prawn-goby is a species of goby native to reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean, that includes the Philippines to Tonga, north to the Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japa ...
'' ( Fowler, 1938) (Spotted prawngoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris gymnocephala ''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 ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Amblyeleotris harrisorum ''Amblyeleotris harrisorum'' is a species of goby currently only recorded from reefs around the island of Kiritimati in the Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati, in the central Pacific at a depth of around . As with other ''Amblyeleotris'' speci ...
'' Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002 * '' Amblyeleotris japonica''
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* '' Amblyeleotris latifasciata'' Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Wide-barred shrimpgoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris macronema ''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 ...
'' Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Long-spine shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris marquesas'' Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002 * '' Amblyeleotris masuii'' Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996 (Masui's shrimpgoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris melanocephala ''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 ...
'' Aonuma, Iwata & Yoshino, 2000 (Black-head shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris memnonia'' Prokofiev, 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''
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Amblyeleotris neglecta ''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 ...
'' 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 ''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 ...
'' J. E. Randall & Earle, 2006 * '' Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae''
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Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis ''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 ...
'' Yanagisawa, 1978 (Red-spotted shrimpgoby) * '' Amblyeleotris periophthalma'' (
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(Randall's prawngoby) * '' Amblyeleotris rhyax'' Polunin & Lubbock, 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 Gobiidae. It lives in association with an alpheid shrimp and is found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western ...
'' ( 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 & Lubbock, 1977) (Gorgeous prawngoby) * ''
Amblyeleotris yanoi ''Amblyeleotris yanoi'' is a marine benthic species of goby native to reef environments of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a small sized fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in th ...
'' Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996 (Flag-tail shrimpgoby) * ''Amblyeleotris kireedam'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species)


References

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