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Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz, 1969)

Description

Anal soft rays: 13. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: anal soft rays 13; caudal fin length 2.25-2.7 in SL; numerous small pale-blue spots and occasional small orange-yellow spots on white spaces between orange-red bars on body (Ref. 82599).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Amblyeleotris

Species: Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz, 1969)

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Seychelles; probably more widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

    • Biology

    Occurs on open sand bottoms of clear water reefs (Ref. 9710). Lives with alphaeid shrimps in burrows.

    Habitat

    associated