Blue and yellow goby shrimp
Alpheus rapax
- Usual depth1–17 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsJune and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–17 m · Deepest record: 16.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) prilfish, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Philippe Bourjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Blue and yellow goby shrimp, Marbled snapping shrimp, blue and yellow goby shrimp, marbled snapping shrimp
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Marmorierter Knallkrebs, Rapax-Knallkrebs
- Japanese
- トウゾクテッポウエビ
Similar species
Petroglyph shrimpAlpheus deuteropus
Coral snapping shrimpAlpheus lottini
- Japanese snapping shrimp
Alpheus japonicus
Narrow snapping shrimpAlpheus astrinx
teppo snapping shrimpAlpheus brevicristatus
Djedda Snapping ShrimpAlpheus djeddensis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 64 open-data records from 1798 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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