Tangaroan shrimp-goby

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Tangaroan shrimp-goby

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ctenogobiops
Species: C. tangaroai
Binomial name
Ctenogobiops tangaroai
Lubbock & Polunin, 1977

The Tangaroan shrimp-goby, Ctenogobiops tangaroai, is a goby of the family Gobiidae, found in the Pacific Ocean to depths up to 40 m, in reef areas of broken rock and sand or mud. It reaches a max length of 6 cm.

It is frequently found living in a symbiotic relationship with shrimp.


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