Diagonal shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris diagonalis)

Scientific name: Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock, 1979

Diagonal shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris diagonalis)

The Diagonal shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris diagonalis) is a marine fish of the family Gobiidae.

Biology

Lives with symbiont alpheid shrimps which prepare and maintain burrows in sand or sand and rubble areas. Found in coastal to outer reef sand slopes.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Amblyeleotris diagonalis
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Depth range
6–40 m (20–131 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 40 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Kenya, Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Born Island, Andaman Sea; Guadalcanal, Solomons; Flores, Indonesia; south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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