Tangaroan shrimp-goby

Ctenogobiops tangaroai, the Tangaroan shrimp-goby, is a species of goby of the family Gobiidae, native to the reefs of the Pacific Ocean where it can be found in fine-grained sand patches at depths of from 4 to 40 metres (13 to 131 ft). This species is commensal with alpheid shrimps, with a fish and shrimp sharing a burrow. This species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

Tangaroan shrimp-goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ctenogobiops
Species:
C. tangaroai
Binomial name
Ctenogobiops tangaroai
Lubbock & Polunin, 1977

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ctenogobiops tangaroai" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

"Species: Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin, 1977". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

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