| Gorgeous prawn goby | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Amblyeleotris |
| Species: | A. wheeleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock, 1977) | |
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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.
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".
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amblyeleotris wheeleri". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 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.
External links
- Photos of Gorgeous prawn goby on Sealife Collection
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| Amblyeleotris wheeleri | |
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