Tangaroan shrimp-goby
Appearance
Tangaroan shrimp-goby | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Ctenogobiops |
Species: | C. tangaroai
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Binomial name | |
Ctenogobiops tangaroai |
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ctenogobiops tangaroai" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
External links
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"Species: Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin, 1977". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 October 2012.