Amblyeleotris marquesas
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| Amblyeleotris marquesas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Amblyeleotris |
| Species: | A. marquesas |
| 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]
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