Stonogobiops dracula

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. This species can reach a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[1]

Stonogobiops dracula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Stonogobiops
Species:
S. dracula
Binomial name
Stonogobiops dracula
Polunin & Lubbock, 1977

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stonogobiops dracula" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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