Valenciennea

Valenciennea is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found over sandy bottoms, often at coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. The members of the genus tend to rest directly on the substrate for extended periods of time. While this is a common behavior for members of the family, this genus also float motionless directly above the substrate, which is why they are sometimes called glider gobies. Their resting behavior has resulted in the vernacular name "sleeper gobies", which invites confusion with the related family Eleotridae. The members of this genus are known to be carnivorous sand-sifters; to eat, they simply engulf entire mouthfuls of sand which they expel through their gills. Specialized structures in their gills filter small crustaceans and worms as the sand is expelled. It is this specific trait that makes some members of the genus attractive to the marine aquarist, and they are often introduced into a marine aquarium for sand-sifting. Some of the species are known to be monogamous. The genus was named after notable French zoologist Achille Valenciennes.[1] These fish are difficult to keep in a tank. Tanks with plenty of live sand and live rock are recommended. Offer foods such as sinking shrimp pellets. Fish may die even if eating properly.

Valenciennea
Valenciennea wardii
Valenciennea strigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Valenciennea
Bleeker, 1856
Type species
Eleotris strigata
Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms

Calleleotris Gill, 1863
Eleotriodes Bleeker, 1857
Gergobius Whitley, 1930
Salarigobius Pfeffer, 1893
Valenciennesia Bleeker, 1874

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson, 1994Allen's glidergobyfrom northern Australia, from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Decapolis Reef, Queensland.
Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson, 1994Bella gobyOkinawa, Japan and the Philippines.
Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson, 1994Decorated glidergobyAustralia, New Caledonia, and Fiji.
Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858)Two-stripe gobythe coast of East Africa, the southern Red Sea, the Maldives, southeast India and Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, western Oceania, and Japan.
Valenciennea immaculata (Y. Ni, 1981)Red-lined sleepergobyTaiwan, Macao, Hong Kong, Philippines, and from Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales (Australia).
Valenciennea limicola Hoese & Larson, 1994Mud gobyknown only from Thailand and Fiji. Recorded from Bali, Indonesia
Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839)Long-finned gobythe Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean
Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837)Mural gobywidely distributed in the eastern Indian Ocean and western tropical Pacific.
Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson, 1994Parva gobyAshmore Reef, Maldives, and Seychelles to Oceania, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Valenciennea persica Hoese & Larson, 1994Persian Gulf to Masirah Island, central Oman.
Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956)Maiden gobythe Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson, 1994Green-band gobyRyukyu Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Palau, Indonesia and the Great Barrier Reef.
Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837)Six-spot gobythe Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)Blue-band gobythe Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean
Valenciennea wardii (Playfair (fr), 1867)Ward's sleepergobythe Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean
Valenciennea yanoi T. Suzuki, Senou & J. E. Randall, 2016 [2]Japan

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Valenciennea in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. Suzuki, T., Senou, H. & Randall, J.E. (2016): Valenciennea yanoi, a new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 1–9.
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