Scientific name: Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Size: Up to 3.1 inches
Color: Beige and brown
Distinguishing feature: Body is tapered, beige and streaked by 5 brown bands slightly diagonally. Fins are not very visible. Eyes are lined with black and white.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives
Scientific name: Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Size: Up to 3.1 inches
Color: Beige and brown
Distinguishing feature: Body is tapered, beige and streaked by 5 brown bands slightly diagonally. Fins are not very visible. Eyes are lined with black and white.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives
The goby family is the largest family of fish with over 1500 species.
Most live on the sandy bottom, near a burrow that is often shared with a shrimp that maintain it. The goby warns when a danger occurs, allowing the shrimp to hide and the goby to join it.
It's with the Djeddah snapping shrimp that this goby shares his home.