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Created 3/2/2019

Family Gobiidae

WEST PACIFIC

Ctenogobiops aurocingulus

Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 6 feet

GOLD-STREAKED SHRIMPGOBY

Inhabits burrows with the commensal shrimp Alpheus on dark sand and rubble.  Numerous diffuse brown spots and elongate central dashes, orange spots and dashes lined with blue on head, white streaks on pectoral fin and base.  Attains 3.5 inches.  Indonesia to the Caroline Islands and Samoa.