Amblyeleotris periophthalma, the broad-banded shrimp goby or the periophthalma shrimp goby, is a marine benthic species of goby native to reef environments of the Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea included.

A multitude of small brownish dots are distributed mainly on the superior part of the body.

[2] A. periophthalma lives in symbiosis with alpheid shrimps in burrows.

The shrimps dig and maintain the burrows which are the dens for both animals.

The goby is like a watchman that warns in case of potential danger which benefits the shrimp because it has poor vision.