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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Amblyeleotris: Greek, amblys = darkness + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335); sungami: Named for Prof. Magnus, spelled backwards (Ref. 11441).

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Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Seychelles; probably more widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2272)

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Anal soft rays: 13. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: anal soft rays 13; caudal fin length 2.25-2.7 in SL; numerous small pale-blue spots and occasional small orange-yellow spots on white spaces between orange-red bars on body (Ref. 82599).

Occurs on open sand bottoms of clear water reefs (Ref. 9710). Lives with alphaeid shrimps in burrows.

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Randall, J.E., 1986. Red Sea reef fishes. London, Immel Publishing. 192 p. (Ref. 8883)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Amblyeleotris sungami (Klausewitz, 1969)