Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Gorgeous Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris wheeleri
Gorgeous Shrimpgoby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Amblyeleotris wheeleri
Size: Up to 3 in. (8 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Red Sea
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Amblyeleotris (Genus)
        └A. wheeleri (Species)
WoRMS ID: 209274🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196598🔗

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