Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Mohlmann & Randall, 2002
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata, the redmargin shrimpgoby, is a species of goby. It is found on reefs or in sea grass beds in the western Pacific from New Caledonia to the Great Barrier Reef and around New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It can be found at depths of from 3 to 26 metres (10 to 85 ft). As with other Amblyeleotris species, it has a symbiotic relationship with alpheid shrimps, one or a pair of gobies sharing a burrow with a pair of shrimps.
Wikipedia contributors, Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:59:13.665486+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Mohlmann & Randall, 2002
- Name authority
- Mohlmann & Randall, 2002
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Amblyeleotris
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusAmblyeleotris Bleeker, 1874
- speciesAmblyeleotris rubrimarginata Mohlmann & Randall, 2002
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amblyeleotris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amblyeleotris bellicauda Randall, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler, 1938) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris neumanni Randall & Earle, 2006 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris arcupinna Mohlmann & Munday, 1999 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris biguttata Randall, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia (Ni, 1989) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris ellipse Randall, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris fontanesii (Bleeker, 1853) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris gymnocephala (Bleeker, 1853) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris harrisorum Mohlmann & Randall, 2002 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyeleotris japonica Takagi, 1957 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Mohlmann, M. S., & Randall, J. E. (2002). Three new species of gobiid fishes of the genus Amblyeleotris from the central and western Pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50 (1): 215–226. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:CLQJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.