Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Burgundy shrimpgoby)
Elongate body, six dark red bars with yellowish spaces in between, scattered red spots on head and blue spots on the body, blue-edged red stripe on anal fin.
Unevaluated by the IUCN Red list, considered common, but shy. If not approached carefully it will speed off into its burrow.
Indo-Asian Pacific. Red Sea and East Africa to North-West Australia, North to Marshall Islands and South Japan. Lagoons, reef slopes and sheltered reefs in 2-40 meters.
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Up to 10cm.
]They feed on small benthic invertebrates and zooplankton.
It shares its burrow with alpheid shrimps, with which it has a symbiotic relation, most often with Alpheus ochrostriatus. The shrimp cleans out the burrow and the goby guards it. The burgundy shrimpgoby is also called gorgeous shrimpgoby.
