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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Amblyeleotris: Greek, amblys = darkness + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335); rhyax: From the Greek word for volcano, referring to the fiery colours of the species..

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 30 - 45 m (Ref. 26237). Tropical

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Western Pacific: New Britain and the Philippines.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12. Characterized by white body color with numerous red-edged orange spots on head and body; head and anterior body with three narrow reddish bars; two additional, less distinct bars below second dorsal fin; separate pelvic fins, joined by low membrane at base on fins; scaled midline of nape, scales on side of nape extending forward to above operculum; longitudinal scale series 66-71; greatest depth of body 5.0-5.6 in SL; more or less pointed caudal fin, usually longer than head (Ref. 90102).

Found in outer reef slopes, inhabiting burrows made by alpheid prawns in sand and rubble (Ref. 26237). Also found in sand-rubble bottoms adjacent to seaward reefs in 30-45 m (Ref 90102).

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Polunin, N.V.C. and R. Lubbock, 1979. Five new prawn-associated gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the genus Amblyeleotris. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 36(4):239-249. (Ref. 26237)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 March 2022

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.6 - 28.5, mean 27.5 °C (based on 23 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin & Lubbock, 1979