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Updated 4/4/2020

Family Gobiidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Amblyeleotris periophthalma



Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 6 feet


Vava'u, Tonga, 10 feet

BROAD-BANDED SHRIMPGOBY

Inhabits burrows with the commensal shrimp Alpheus at any depth.  Tan with broad reddish brown bars, interspaces with irregular Y-shaped blotches, ocellated orange spots on head and dorsal fins.  Attains 3.5 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa and Tonga.