Gorgeous prawn goby

Amblyeleotris wheeleri, the Gorgeous prawn-goby, is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. It can be found at depths of from 5 to 40 metres (16 to 131 ft) though is usually does not occur deeper than 15 metres (49 ft). It is a commensal with alpheid shrimps, most often being found in association with Alpheus ochrostriatus. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Gorgeous prawn goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Amblyeleotris
Species:
A. wheeleri
Binomial name
Amblyeleotris wheeleri
(Polunin & Lubbock, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Cryptocentrus wheeleri Polunin & Lubbock, 1977

Etymology

The specific name honours the English ichthyologist Alwynne Cooper Wheeler (1929-2005), who was curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History), "for his help over the years, particularly with the authors’ study of prawn-associated gobies of the Seychelles".[3]

References

  1. Larson, H. & Greenfield, D. (2016). "Amblyeleotris wheeleri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T193238A2213019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193238A2213019.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Amblyeleotris wheeleri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.


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