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Tomiyamichthys elliotensis, commonly known as the Lady Elliot shrimp goby, is a species of small, symbiotic shrimpgoby from the Great Barrier Reef, specifically Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, Australia. This species was described in 2023 by Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann, and Chris L. Dudgeon.
A companionable fish, these gobies thrive in a male/female pair. Also known as orange-dashed goby, orange spotted glider goby; scientific name valenciennea puellaris. Maximum length: 6.7 inches
Amblyeleotris periophthalma, the broad-banded shrimp goby or the periophthalma shrimp goby, is a marine benthic species of goby native to reef environments of the Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea included. [ 2 ]
Tomiyamichthys elliotensis G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Dudgeon, 2023(Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby, 2023) [2] Tomiyamichthys emilyae Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & Ilham Vemandra Utama, 2019 [3] Tomiyamichthys fourmanoiri (J. L. B. Smith, 1956) Tomiyamichthys gomezi G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Gomez' shrimpgoby)
Ctenogobiops tangaroai, the silver-spotted shrimp-goby, is a species of bony fish of the family Gobiidae, native to the reefs which is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean through northern Australia and Taiwan, southern Japan and Fiji. [2]
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.
This way, the shrimp and the goby are kept well fed. Sometimes, if the shrimp is not kept well fed, it will resort to killing the goby. In the wild, most burrows are shared by male and female goby pairs, with their respective shrimp partners, and the female goby will use this burrow as a nesting site to lay her eggs.
Mahidolia mystacina, the flagfin prawn goby, [2] [1] flagfin shrimpgoby [2] or smiling goby, [2] is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean from Delagoa Bay, Mozambique to the Society Islands and from southern Japan to Samoa and northern Australia.