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Species Description
Sequential hermaphrodite, capable of changing colors from yellow to gray and back again to signal sex switch.
This species is symbiotic with alpheid shrimps.
Species Details
FAMILY
Gobiidae
GENUS
Gobiidae
up to 10 cm
LIFE SPAN
up to 10 years
HEMISPHERE
Northern
ECOSYSTEM
Warm-water, tropical environments, where they pair up with pistol shrimp. Native to the Western Pacific, where it can be found at depths of from 1 to 25 metres in coastal bays and lagoons.
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_prawn-goby
Image by User: Haplochromis - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1386653
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