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Amblyeleotris yanoi
This Flag-Tail Shrimp-Goby was sharing his burrow with two Randall pistol shrimps (Alpheus randalli)
Sandy bottoms of Indo-Pacific Sea
Spotted on Jan 4, 2013
Submitted on Jan 4, 2013
18 Comments
Congratulations on this wonderful SotD !
cool spotting !! Congratulations Fancesco :)
Congratulations for the SOTD!! Lovely!! Pictures are great also, I love # 3 the most!
Awesome spot! Congrats!
Very cool great spot and photos!
What an awesome fish! Congrats on spotting of the day!!
Beautifuland and rare capture Francesco,very deserved SOTD,congrats and thanks for sharing
Congratulations Fancesco, greta pics
congrats!
Lovely spot and congratulations !!!
Congratulations Francesco! This fascinating example of mutualism has been chosen as spotting of the day!
Shrimp-gobies are so-called because of their symbiotic relationship with certain shrimps. The shrimp excavates and maintains a burrow used by both animals while the goby, which has far superior eyesight, acts as a lookout for predators. The shrimp maintains almost constant contact with the fish with an antenna.
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Beautiful!
Lovely capture!
very cool!
Thanks everyone. I have many shrimpgobies pictures of different species, i will have a look to the mission!
This looks like a great symbiotic relationship between the two and would be a nice addition to the Symbiotic Relationships mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7987...
Wonderful capture!
Welcome to the community Francesco!
Gorgeous!!