Valenciennea puellaris

Valenciennea puellaris
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Valenciennea
Species: V. puellaris
Binomial name
Valenciennea puellaris
(Tomiyama, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Eleotriodes puellaris Tomiyama, 1956

Valenciennea puellaris, the Orange-spotted sleeper-goby, Orange-dashed goby, or Maiden goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits lagoons and outer reefs where it occurs on sandy substrates with larger pieces of rubble to burrow under. It can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.[1] Its main diet is composed of zoo plankton and dead fish or insects.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Valenciennea puellaris" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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