Amblyeleotris marquesas
| Amblyeleotris marquesas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Amblyeleotris |
| Species: | A. marquesas
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyeleotris marquesas | |
Amblyeleotris marquesas is a species of goby.[1][3] It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, in the central Pacific Ocean. It occurs at depths of 6 to 40 metres (20 to 131 ft).[1] As with other species of their genus, this species has a symbiotic relationship with alpheid shrimps, in this case Alpheus randalli, one or a pair of gobies sharing a burrow with one or a pair of shrimps.[2]
This is an elongated goby up to 6.9 centimetres (2.7 in) standard length. It has a highly distinctive colour pattern: The background colour is pale green, white ventrally, marked with four broad vertical brownish red bars interspersed with four narrower, darker bars.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Stiefel, K.M. (2024). "Amblyeleotris marquesas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T193044A2188022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T193044A2188022.en. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b c Mohlmann, M. S.; Randall, J. E. (2002). "Three new species of gobiid fishes of the genus Amblyeleotris from the central and western Pacific" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 50 (1): 215–226.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amblyeleotris marquesas". FishBase. November 2025 version.
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