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Amblyeleotris fontanesii (Bleeker, 1853)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17. Characterized by whitish body color; head and body with five brown bars; small orange spots on head; first dorsal fin with large dark blotch; pelvic fins fully united with well developed frenum; predorsal scales extending forward to less than orbit diameter from interorbital space; longitudinal scale series 110; greatest depth of body 5.8-6.3 in SL; pointed caudal fin, longer than head (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

  • Giant prawn-goby , English , Guam
  • Giant shrimp goby , English , Philippines
  • Giant shrimp-goby , English , Indonesia
  • Giant shrimpgoby , English , Australia
  • Giant shrimpgoby , English , Micronesia
  • Bala , Ilokano , Philippines
  • Rumbeb , Ilokano , Philippines
  • 巨鈍鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 巨钝鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 福氏鈍塘鱧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 福氏钝塘鳢 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tambud butobuto , Romblomanon , Philippines
  • Bakuli , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Bia , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Bagtis , Visayan , Philippines
  • Borod , Visayan , Philippines
  • Bunak , Visayan , Philippines
  • Palo , Visayan , Philippines
  • Tambo-tambo , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Amblyeleotris

    Species: Amblyeleotris fontanesii (Bleeker, 1853)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Sumatra to the Moluccas, north to the Philippines; Palau in Micronesia. Reported from Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6771) and south of Taiwan (Ref. 5193).

    • Biology

    Inhabits silty inshore bottoms, deep coastal mud slopes and also occurs in estuaries in muddy channels (Ref. 48637). Also found in sand bottoms of lagoons and sheltered reefs in 5-30 m (Ref. 90102).

    Habitat

    brackish