Spotted prawn goby

Amblyeleotris guttata, the Spotted prawn-goby is a species of goby native to reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean, that includes the Philippines to Tonga, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.[1]

Spotted prawn goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Amblyeleotris
Species:
A. guttata
Binomial name
Amblyeleotris guttata
(Fowler, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Pteroculiops guttatus Fowler, 1938

This species can reach a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) SL.[2] It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6671
  2. http://eol.org/pages/213527/details#size
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Amblyeleotris guttata" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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