Amblyeleotris masuii, Masui's shrimp-goby

Amblyeleotris masuii Aonuma & Yoshino, 1996

Masui's shrimp-goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Amblyeleotris: Greek, amblys = darkness + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335); masuii: Named after Mr. M. Masui who collected the type specimens.
Eponymy: M Masui is a collector for Umikawa Coral Fish Shop (Okinawa-jima Island, Japan). He was honoured because he “…kindly offered us important specimens and collecting data” and collected the type specimen. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 12 - 35 m (Ref. 90102). Subtropical

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Southwest Pacific: Okinawa-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture (Japan).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637); 6.1 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13. Characterized by pale grey color; ventral surface of body whitish; four brown bars on body; head with irregular brown reticulations and in pale spaces between bars; brown bar across operculum; narrow brown bar under eye; narrow brown band behind eye; head with scattered blue spots/streaks; pelvic fins united by low membrane at base of fins; without median predorsal scales; side of nape with scales extending forward above middle of opercle; longitudinal scale series 92-97; greatest depth of body 7.1-8.5 in SL; lanceolate caudal fin, longer than head length (Ref. 90102).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal to outer reef sand slopes to 40 meters depth (Ref. 48637). Specimens collected from sandy bottom at 35 m depth (Ref. 26157).

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Aonuma, Y. and T. Yoshino, 1996. Two new species of the genus Amblyeleotris (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Jap. Ichthyol. Res. 43(2):161-168. (Ref. 26157)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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