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Giant Prawn-goby

Amblyeleotris fontanesii

Classification

Family
Gobiidae

Amblyeleotris is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. This is the largest genus of the shrimp gobies or prawn gobies, so-called because of their symbiotic relationship with certain alpheid shrimps. The shrimp excavates and maintains a burrow used by both animals while the goby, which has far superior eyesight, acts as a lookout for predators.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 8