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Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis Yanagisawa, 1978

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Characterized by yellowish color on back grading to white on lower half; head and body with five broad brown bars; numerous blue spots on head, in pale spaces between brown bars; caudal fin with broad white upper margin; dorsal fin with blue and yellow basal stripes; pelvic fins united by low membrane at base of fins; absence of median predorsal scales; side of nape with scales extending forward to above middle of preopercle; longitudinal scale series 80-94; greatest depth of body 5.2-5.8 in SL; lanceolate caudal fin, longer than head length (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

  • Ogasawara shrimp-goby , English , Indonesia
  • Redspotted shrimpgoby , English , Australia
  • Vyöraputokko , Finnish , Finland
  • Minami-datehaze , Japanese , Japan
  • 小笠原鈍塘鱧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小笠原鈍鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 小笠原钝塘鳢 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小笠原钝鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Amblyeleotris

    Species: Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis Yanagisawa, 1978

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Wakayama Prefecture, Chichijima, Okinawajima, and along the east coast of northern Australia.

    • Biology

    Inhabits clear coastal sand slopes, but appears to be uncommon in Indonesia (Ref. 48637). Found in sand bottoms in 20-35 m (Ref. 90102).

    Habitat

    demersal