Mask Shrimpgoby, Amblyeleotris gymnocephala (Bleeker 1853)

Other Names: Masked Shrimp-goby, Nakedhead Shrimpgoby

A Mask Shrimpgoby, Amblyeleotris gymnocephala, at Karang Asem, Bali, Indonesia, August 2015. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A whitish to pale grey shrimpgoby with a short dark brown stripe from behind the eye to the upper edge of the gill cover, five broad diffuse brown bars on the side, with light and dark scribble markings on upper side between the bars.
Mask Shrimpgobies share burrows with alpheid shrimps.

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Amblyeleotris gymnocephala in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/68

Mask Shrimpgoby, Amblyeleotris gymnocephala (Bleeker 1853)

More Info

Distribution	Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, to North Oxley Island, Northern Territory, and the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits sandy/rubble areas on coastal and inshore reefs, sharing burrows with alpheid shrimps.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I, 7-9; Anal fin I, 18-20; Pectoral fin 19-20; Longitudinal scale series 120-130. Greatest body depth 6.3-7.0 in SL; pelvic fins united by membrane at base of fifth soft ray; no median predorsal scales; caudal fin lanceolate, about twice head length.
Colour	Whitish to pale grey color; dark brown stripe from behind the eye to upper edge of gill cover; five wide , diffused brown bars on side; brown scribbling on upper half of body between bars.
Etymology	The specific name gymnocephalus is from the Greek gymnos, meaning 'naked', and kephalos, meaning 'head'.
Species Citation	Gobius gymnocephalus Bleeker 185, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 473. Type locality: Jakarta (as Batavia), Indonesia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Mask Shrimpgoby, Amblyeleotris gymnocephala (Bleeker 1853)

References

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