Giant Prawn Goby

Characterized by whitish body color; head and body with five brown bars; small orange spots on head; first dorsal fin with large dark blotch; pelvic fins fully united with well developed frenum; predorsal scales extending forward to less than orbit diameter from interorbital space; longitudinal scale series 110; greatest depth of body 5.8-6.3 in SL; pointed caudal fin, longer than head (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 16 - 17

Inhabits shallow muddy inshore bottoms.

Inhabits silty inshore bottoms, deep coastal mud slopes and also occurs in estuaries in muddy channels (Ref. 48637). Also found in sand bottoms of lagoons and sheltered reefs in 5-30 m (Ref. 90102).

aquarium: commercial

分布於印度-太平洋區海域，東起阿達曼海至新喀理多尼亞，北至日本。臺灣發現於南部海域。

偶見魚種，不具漁業價值。

第一背鰭：Ⅵ；第二背鰭：Ⅰ, 15。臀鰭：Ⅰ, 16~17。胸鰭：20~21。縱列鱗110。標準長為體高的5.8~6.3倍。第一背鰭呈圓形，只較第二背鰭略高一些。尾鰭圓形，大於頭長。腹鰭相連癒合形成一吸盤狀。體為乳黃色，體側具5條深褐色寬橫帶，第二條由第一背鰭延伸至腹部，第三條、第四條為於第二背鰭基部的下方。頰部及鰓蓋上具黃色圓形亮斑。各鰭除了腹鰭外，均呈淺黃色；第一背鰭基部具1個半圓形褐色斑塊；第二背鰭具黑色緣線；臀鰭、尾鰭具有紅色邊緣，紅緣之上有一藍色縱紋；腹鰭呈黃色。(林上智、林沛立編寫 2012/10)

暖水性中小型底層魚類，生活於熱帶沿岸珊瑚礁區或沙礫底上，常與槍蝦營共生生活。