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Steinitz' prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Steinitz' prawn-goby
- Scientific
- Amblyeleotris steinitzi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 43 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A yellowish-white shrimp goby with five brown bars and narrow orange bars between them on the lower side, reaching about 13 cm. It lives with a snapping shrimp on sandy slopes, usually around 20 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Amblyeleotris-steinitzi.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Amblyeleotris_steinitzi_(Steinitz's_Shrimpgoby).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.