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Amblyeleotris triguttata Randall, 1994

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: anal soft rays 14 or 15; caudal fin length 2.75-3.25 in SL; a black spot on nape above opercle; two black spots on first dorsal fin; presence of curving dark brown line from below eye to posterior margin of maxilla; irregular brown markings in white spaces between brownish-red bars on body (Ref. 82599).

Common Names

  • Triplespot shrimpgoby , English , Global
  • 三斑鈍塘鱧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 三斑钝塘鳢 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Amblyeleotris

    Species: Amblyeleotris triguttata Randall, 1994

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf.

    • Biology

    Lives on sand-rubble substrata, symbiotic with Alpheus bellulus (Ref. 11441).

    Habitat

    demersal