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Etymology: Amblyeleotris: Greek, amblys = darkness + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335); yanoi: Named after K. Yano who collected the type specimens.
Eponymy: Korechika Yano is a diving instructor and underwater photographer at the Dive Service YANO, Iriomote Island, Japan. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 35 m (Ref. 26157). Tropical
Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands to Papua New Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26157); 5.8 cm SL (female)
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13. Characterized by whitish body color with five light orange-brown, diffuse bars; brown saddles dorsally between main dark bars; caudal fin yellow with reddish orange central area and oblique blue bands; pelvic fins joined by low membrane, absence of frenum; longitudinal scale series 97-103; midline of nape without scales; scales on side of nape extending forward to above posterior margin of operculum; greatest depth of body 7.7-8.2 in SL; lanceolate caudal fin, longer than head (Ref. 90102).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Associated with Alpheus randalli, the red-banded alpheid shrimp, on coastal sand flats, slopes and in deep lagoons at depths of about 3-30 m. Inhabits coastal sand slopes in 6-30 meters depth (Ref. 48637).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Aonuma, Y. and T. Yoshino, 1996. Two new species of the genus Amblyeleotris (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Jap. Ichthyol. Res. 43(2):161-168. (Ref. 26157)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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