Tangaroan shrimp-goby
| Tangaroan shrimp-goby | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Ctenogobiops |
| Species: | C. tangaroai |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 | |
Ctenogobiops tangaroai, the Tangaroan shrimp-goby, is a species of goby of the family Gobiidae, native to the reefs of the Pacific Ocean where it can be found in fine-grained sand patches at depths of from 4 to 40 metres (13 to 131 ft). This species is commensal with alpheid shrimps, with a fish and shrimp sharing a burrow. This species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ctenogobiops tangaroai" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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