Steinitz' goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi
- Usual depth3–15 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, September, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Amblyeleotris steinitzi, Steinitz' prawn goby or simply Steinitz' goby, is a species of small fish in the family Gobiidae. It lives in association with an alpheid shrimp and is found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Steinitz' 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: 66 records
- February: 49 records
- March: 60 records
- April: 57 records
- May: 81 records
- June: 72 records
- July: 96 records
- August: 77 records
- September: 91 records
- October: 81 records
- November: 92 records
- December: 63 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–15 m · Deepest record: 27.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Steinitz' goby, Steinitz' Prawn-goby, Steinitz' Shrimp goby, Steinitz's Shrimp-goby, Steinitz's Shrimp Goby
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Steinitz-Partnergrundel
- French
- Gobie commensal de Steinitz
- Japanese
- Himedatehaze, ヒメダテハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 史氏鈍塘鱧, 施氏鈍塘鱧
Other scientific names: Cryptocentrus steinitzi
Similar species
Black-chest Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris guttata
Barred ShrimpgobyAmblyeleotris wheeleri
Broad-banded Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris periophthalmus
Eyebrow GobyAmblyeleotris rubrimarginata
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).
- 526 open-data records from 1954 to 2021.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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