Valenciennea alleni
Allen's Glidergoby
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Valenciennea
Species
Valenciennea alleni
Distinguishing features
Two body stripes and a black spot at the tip of first dorsal fin; no stripes or other spots on fins (Hoese and Larson, 1994)
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Mural Glidergoby (species: Valenciennea muralis)
Also has a black spot at tip of first dorsal fin but has fewer body stripes (Hoese and Larson, 1994)
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It can be found in marine environments.Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Not recorded. It is found in turbid inshore habitats including Decapolis Reef inshore of Lizard Island.
Web resources
References
- Hoese, D.F. and H.K. Larson (1994). Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Valenciennea, with descriptions of seven new species, Indo-Pacific Fishes, 23: 1-71. LIRS catalog number 715.