GOBIIDAE Amblyeleotris fasciata, 4.1 cm SL (photo by Richard Winterbottom) Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre, 1953) Wheeler's Shrimp Goby D VI+I, 12; A I, 12; P1 18-20; LR 50-58; PDS 21. Body elongate and compressed. Head slightly compressed; lower jaw slightly protruding beyond upper jaw; gill opening extending anteriorly beyond a vertical line through posterior margin of preopercle; tongue rounded or near truncate. Pelvic fins almost separated, with a low connecting membrane between innermost rays. Scales ctenoid posteriorly, cycloid anteriorly; head naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; a series of short transverse rows of sensory papillae below eye; a pair of sensory papillae just behind chin. Color: 6 broad reddish bars (subequal or broader than paler interspaces) on head and body; numerous sky blue dots on head and body. Size: 8.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Remarks: found on sandy bottom may be with rubbles in coral reefs; symbiotically associates with alpheid shrimps.