Gold-barred Shrimp-goby
Amblyeleotris randalli
- Usual depth9–35 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
About this species
Amblyeleotris randalli, Randall's prawn goby, is a marine benthic species of goby native to tropical reefs of the central Indo-Pacific. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Randall's 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: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–35 m · Deepest record: 46 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Gold-barred Shrimp-goby, Orange Stripe Prawn Goby, Randall's prawn goby, Randall's Prawn-goby, Randall's Shrimpgoby, Sail-fin Shrimp-goby, Sailfin Shrimpgoby
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Randalls Partnergrundel
- Filipino
- Bia
- Japanese
- Nichirindatehaze, ニチリンダテハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 蘭道氏鈍塘鱧
Similar species
Black-chest Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris guttata
Steinitz' gobyAmblyeleotris steinitzi
Barred ShrimpgobyAmblyeleotris wheeleri
Broad-banded Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris periophthalmus
Eyebrow GobyAmblyeleotris rubrimarginata
Magnus' gobyAmblyeleotris sungami
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).
- 91 open-data records from 1974 to 2008.
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