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Dracula shrimp-goby (Stonogobiops dracula)
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Ecological Illustration of Dracula shrimp-goby (Stonogobiops dracula)
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Gobiidae

Dracula shrimp-goby

Stonogobiops dracula

Seven Centimeters Goby of the Western Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • South Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Stonogobiops dracula, the Dracula shrimpgoby, is a species of goby native to reef environments around the Seychelles and the Maldives. It can be found at depths of 15 to 37 metres (49 to 121 ft) where it inhabits areas of rubble or sand near to the reefs where it is a commensal with the shrimp Alpheus randalli.

Family
Gobiidae
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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