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Steinitz' Shrimp Goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz, 1974)
A Steinitz' Shrimp Goby and shrimp in their burrow entrance, at a depth of 24 m, Great Detached Reef, far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, December 1999. Photo © E. Schlögl. View larger image.
Steinitz' Shrimp Goby is white with five red-brown bars. The white areas between the bars have pale yellow lines. The dorsal fins have orange dots.
The species grows to 8 cm in length.
It usually lives in a burrow with an alpheid shrimp.
Steinitz' Shrimp Goby occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-West Pacific.
In Australia it is known from the offshore reefs of Western Australia and from much of the Great Barrier Reef.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Related links
- FAQ - What is a prawngoby?
- Antitropical Shrimpgoby fact sheet
- Broadbanded Shrimpgoby fact sheet
- Diagonal Shrimpgoby fact sheet
- View the family Gobiidae list
- View the Gobies list
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
