Black-chest Shrimp-goby

Amblyeleotris guttata

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–24 m
Water temperature15–30 °C
Best monthsMay, September, and November
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Amblyeleotris guttata, the spotted prawn-goby, is a species of goby native to reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean, that includes the Philippines to Tonga, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Spotted prawn goby”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 62 records
February: 52 records
March: 80 records
April: 78 records
May: 81 records
June: 55 records
July: 65 records
August: 48 records
September: 81 records
October: 69 records
November: 87 records
December: 62 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–24 m · Deepest record: 34 m

0–10 m: 44 records
10–20 m: 55 records
20–30 m: 20 records
30–40 m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 75 records
28–30 °C: 106 records

Photos

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(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Graham Cleaver, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Black-chest Shrimp-goby, Blackchest Shrimpgoby, Black-chest Shrimp Goby, Spotted Prawn-goby, Spotted Shrimp Goby

Names in 3 more languages

French: Gobie grimé
Japanese: Yamabukihaze, ヤマブキハゼ
Simplified Chinese: 斑點鈍塘鱧, 點紋鈍塘鱧

Other scientific names: Pteroculiops guttatus

Similar species

Steinitz' goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Barred Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris wheeleri
Beautiful prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris aurora
Diagonal Bar Prawn Goby
Amblyeleotris diagonalis
Red-banded Prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris fasciata
Giant Prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris fontanesii

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
465 open-data records from 1965 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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