Eyebrow Goby
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata
- Usual depth5–16 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, August, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata, the redmargin shrimpgoby, is a species of goby. It is found on reefs or in sea grass beds in the western Pacific from New Caledonia to the Great Barrier Reef and around New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It can be found at depths of from 3 to 26 metres. As with other Amblyeleotris species, it has a symbiotic relationship with alpheid shrimps, one or a pair of gobies sharing a burrow with a pair of shrimps.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata”, 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: 38 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 45 records
- April: 41 records
- May: 40 records
- June: 28 records
- July: 27 records
- August: 49 records
- September: 39 records
- October: 44 records
- November: 58 records
- December: 27 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–16 m · Deepest record: 22 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Niko Ioannidis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Eyebrow Goby, Red-margin Shrimpgoby, Redmargin Shrimpgoby
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Gobie à marge rouge
Similar species
Black-chest Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris guttata
Steinitz' gobyAmblyeleotris steinitzi
Barred ShrimpgobyAmblyeleotris wheeleri
Broad-banded Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris periophthalmus
Magnus' gobyAmblyeleotris sungami
- Beautiful prawn-goby
Amblyeleotris aurora
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).
- 93 open-data records from 1973 to 2000.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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