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Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre, 1953)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Differs from A. wheeleri by having narrower red bands and lacking red markings on the second dorsal fin.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Amblyeleotris

Species: Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre, 1953)

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Pacific: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559), south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.

    • Biology

    Moderately common in patches of coarse carbonate or volcanic sand of outer lagoon and seaward reefs. Occurs in pairs and burrow with a yellow species of prawn. Minimum depth range reported taken from Ref. 30874. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 89972).

    Habitat

    associated