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Gorgeous prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris wheeleri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Gorgeous prawn-goby
- Scientific
- Amblyeleotris wheeleri
- Dhivehi
- Funna
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 40 m (usually 5 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A pale yellow shrimp goby with seven reddish-brown to red bars and small blue spots on the head and body. It is the most common shallow-water member of its genus and lives in rubble near reefs, sharing a burrow with a snapping shrimp that maintains the hole while the goby stands guard at the entrance.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name funna.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Amblyeleotris-wheeleri.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7196&GenusName=Amblyeleotris&SpeciesN
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Wheeler's_Goby.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Funna' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.