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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Amblyeleotris

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amblyeleotris arcupinna Arcfin shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 11 SL 1999
Amblyeleotris aurora Pinkbar goby Western Indian Ocean 11 TL 1977
Amblyeleotris bellicauda Western Central Pacific 5.0 SL 2004
Amblyeleotris biguttata Twinspot shrimpgoby Western Pacific 10.4 TL 2004
Amblyeleotris bleekeri Shrimp goby Western Pacific 5.8 SL 2006
Amblyeleotris callopareia Beautiful-cheek shrimpgoby Western Pacific 7.8 SL 1979
Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia Asia 1989
Amblyeleotris delicatulus Western Indian Ocean 1958
Amblyeleotris diagonalis Diagonal shrimp goby Indo-Pacific 11 SL 1979
Amblyeleotris downingi Downing's shrimpgoby Western Indian Ocean 14 SL 1994
Amblyeleotris ellipse Eastern Central Pacific 4.4 SL 2004
Amblyeleotris fasciata Red-banded prawn-goby Western Central Pacific 8 TL 1953
Amblyeleotris fontanesii Giant prawn-goby Western Pacific 25 SL 1853
Amblyeleotris guttata Spotted prawn-goby Western Pacific 11 SL 1938
Amblyeleotris gymnocephala Masked shrimpgoby Indo-West Pacific. 14 TL 1853
Amblyeleotris harrisorum Eastern Central Pacific 2002
Amblyeleotris japonica Indo-West Pacific. J.E. 8.5 TL 1957
Amblyeleotris latifasciata Wide-barred shrimpgoby Western Pacific 13 SL 1979
Amblyeleotris macronema Longspine shrimpgoby Western Pacific 8 SL 1979
Amblyeleotris marquesas Eastern Central Pacific 7.5 TL 2002
Amblyeleotris masuii Masui's shrimp-goby Southwest Pacific 11 SL 1996
Amblyeleotris melanocephala Blackhead shrimpgoby Asia 9.4 SL 2000
Amblyeleotris morishitai Northwest Pacific 9.4 SL 2007
Amblyeleotris neglecta Western Indian Ocean 5.4 SL 2009
Amblyeleotris neumanni Western Central Pacific 5.5 SL 2006
Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae Western Pacific 9.5 TL 1981
Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis Redspotted shrimpgoby Western Pacific 10 SL 1978
Amblyeleotris periophthalma Periophthalma prawn-goby Indo-West Pacific 11 SL 1853
Amblyeleotris randalli Randall's prawn-goby Western Pacific 12 SL 1978
Amblyeleotris rhyax Volcano shrimpgoby Western Pacific 7.3 SL 1979
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Redmargin shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 11 TL 2002
Amblyeleotris steinitzi Steinitz' prawn-goby Indo-Pacific 13 SL 1974
Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata Western Central Pacific 6.6 SL 2004
Amblyeleotris sungami Magnus' prawn-goby Western Indian Ocean 10 TL 1969
Amblyeleotris taipinensis Western Pacific 4.4 SL 2006
Amblyeleotris triguttata Triplespot shrimpgoby Western Indian Ocean 9 TL 1994
Amblyeleotris wheeleri Gorgeous prawn-goby Indo-Pacific 10 SL 1977
Amblyeleotris yanoi Flagtail shrimpgoby Western Pacific 13 SL 1996



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