Gobiidae

Gorgeous prawn goby

Amblyeleotris wheeleri

Blue dots scatter across seven red bars

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Amblyeleotris wheeleri, the Gorgeous prawn-goby, is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. It can be found at depths of from 5 to 40 metres (16 to 131 ft) though is usually does not occur deeper than 15 metres (49 ft). It is a commensal with alpheid shrimps, most often being found in association with Alpheus ochrostriatus.