Flagfin Shrimpgoby

Mahidolia mystacina

Also known as: Flagfin Prawngoby, Gudgeon, Prawn Goby, Shrimp Goby, Smiling Goby, Smiling Shrimpgoby

ALSO KNOWN AS

Flagfin Prawngoby
Gudgeon
Prawn Goby
Shrimp Goby
Smiling Goby
Smiling Shrimpgoby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016

Flagfin Shrimpgoby adult, photographed at Kata Beach, Thailand — @perigor2000 · Kata Beach, Thailand · December 20101 / 1

Overview

Found singly or in pairs, sharing their burrow with a mottled brown alpheid shrimp, over mud and sand bottoms of shallow silty estuaries, and coastal slopes.

Shrimp Gobies live a symbiotic relationship with snapping shrimps.
The Gobies stand guard while the shrimps play "housekeeper" to their burrow, continually digging and cleaning the sand. The Gobies will signal when predators are near.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: ocellated spot orange spots stripes
Fins & Tail: flagfin
Behaviour: burrowing pairs solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Indo-Pacific
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LIVES IN

Found singly or in pairs, sharing their burrow with a mottled brown alpheid shrimp, over mud and sand bottoms of shallow silty estuaries, and coastal slopes.

RANGE