Japanese shrimpgoby

Characteristics

  • Shares burrow with commensal shrimps.
  • This species was found to spend most of their time near the entrance of the burrow during the day, and movements were limited to an area of about 3 m in radius from the entrance.
  • The egg mass of the species is reported to contain around twenty thousand eggs.
  • Feeds mainly on small sized crustaceans.
  • Can easily be confused with morphologically similar <a href=https://www.114ehkreeffish.org/?post_type=reef-fish&p=4885/&lang=en>Masked shrimpgoby</a>, which lives in a similar habitat.

Description

  • Body colour pale, creamy-whitish.
  • Several vertical brown bars on body.
  • A ‘C’-shaped brown mark on caudal fin.
  • First dorsal fin triangular.
  • Bright blue lines on face and pelvic fins.

Common Name: Japanese shrimpgoby

Family Common Name: Gobies

Family: Gobiidae

Scientific Name: Amblyeleotris japonica___(Takagi, 1957)

Maximum Length: 8.5 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Japanese shrimpgoby