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. These species 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
- Amblyeleotris aurora
- Amblyeleotris bellicauda J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris biguttata J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris bleekeri I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006
- Amblyeleotris callopareia Polunin & Lubbock, 1979
- Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia
- Amblyeleotris delicatulus J. L. B. Smith, 1958
- Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock, 1979
- Amblyeleotris downingi J. E. Randall, 1994
- Amblyeleotris ellipse J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris fasciata
- Amblyeleotris fontanesii
- Amblyeleotris guttata
- Amblyeleotris gymnocephala
- Amblyeleotris harrisorum Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002
- Amblyeleotris japonica Takagi, 1957
- Amblyeleotris latifasciata Polunin & Lubbock, 1979
- Amblyeleotris macronema Polunin & Lubbock, 1979
- Amblyeleotris marquesas Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002
- Amblyeleotris masuii Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996
- Amblyeleotris melanocephala Aonuma, Iwata & Yoshino, 2000
- Amblyeleotris memnonia Prokofiev, 2016
- Amblyeleotris morishitai Senou & Aonuma, 2007
- Amblyeleotris neglecta Jaafar & J. E. Randall, 2009
- Amblyeleotris neumanni J. E. Randall & Earle, 2006
- Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae Goren, 1981
- Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis Yanagisawa, 1978
- Amblyeleotris periophthalma
- Amblyeleotris randalli Hoese & Steene, 1978
- Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin & Lubbock, 1979
- Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Mohlmann & J. E. Randall, 2002
- Amblyeleotris steinitzi
- Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata J. E. Randall, 2004
- Amblyeleotris sungami
- Amblyeleotris taipinensis I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2006
- Amblyeleotris triguttata J. E. Randall, 1994
- Amblyeleotris wheeleri
- Amblyeleotris yanoi Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996
