Valenciennea longipinnis
Long-finned goby
©Mark Shepherd: Ocellate Glider Gobies at Lizard Island
©Mark Shepherd: Ocellate Glider Gobies at Lizard Island
©Anne: Valenciennea longipinnis at base of reef in the Lizard Island lagoon. The bright white cheek stripe is distinctive for this species.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Valenciennea
Species
Valenciennea longipinnis
Colours
Distinguishing features
Pale with about five widely-spaced spots along midline, a broad white stripe bordered with pink on cheek and gill cover, and paler stripes running along back. Usually in pairs.
Size
- Up to 15 cm (Length)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It can be found in marine environments.Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Abundant in the lagoon at the base of reef patches where tidal flow is not strong.
Behaviour
These gobies usually excavate their own burrows and are only occasionally found with alpheid shrimps at Lizard Island (Syms and Jones, 2004).
Web resources
References
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
- Caley, M.J. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.
- Caley, M.J. (1995). Community dynamics of tropical reef fishes: local patterns between latitudes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 7-18. LIRS catalog number 447.
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