Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata
Redmargin Shrimpgoby
©Lyle Vail: Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island, on soft sediment away from reefs.
©Anne Hoggett: Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. Note prominent dark spot behind eye and row of red spots on margin of dorsal fins.
©Anne Hoggett: Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata with shrimp at Pidgin Point, Lizard Island. This photo identified by Dianne Bray in 2017 (Fishes of Australia accessed 28 Apr 2018).
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Amblyeleotris
Species
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata
Colours
Distinguishing features
Pale body with with five broad brown bars and a few dark markings in the pale spaces. A large black spot above and behind eye. Irridescent blue line with thinner gold line above sloping from mid dorsal line to below eye (may be pale). Dorsal fins with red/brown margin and spaced small spots. Three small dark spots on back, one near front of first dorsal fin base, second between the two dorsal fins, and third near middle of second dorsal fin base. Narrow bars on upper lip. Lives in burrow with shrimp.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Steinitz's Shrimpgoby (species: Amblyeleotris steinitzi)
lives in the same habitat and is more common at Lizard Island than Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata. It lacks a dark spot above and behind each eye, has no red on the dorsal fins, and lacks spots between the broad brown body bands.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Other references
- Mohlmann, M.S. and J.E. Randall (2002). Three new species of gobiid fishes of the genus Amblyeleotris from the central and western Pacific, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50: 215-226. LIRS catalog number 899.