Valenciennea strigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Valenciennea
Species:
V. strigata
Binomial name
Valenciennea strigata
(Broussonet, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Gobius strigatus Broussonet, 1782
  • Eleotriodes strigatus (Broussonet, 1782)
  • Gobiomorus taiboa Lacepède, 1800
  • Valenciennea strigata arcusbranchiae Fowler, 1946

Valenciennea strigata is a species of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. Its common names include the blueband goby, golden-head sleeper goby, and pennant glider.[1] It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found in outer lagoons and the seaward side of reefs. It occurs in a variety of substrates, sand, rubble, hard, at depths of from 1 to 25 metres (3.3 to 82.0 ft) (usually at less than 6 metres (20 ft)). It primarily inhabits burrows dug under rubble, using them as both a nesting site and a refuge from predators. Such burrows typically have two entrances; however, only one of them is open, as the other is covered by rubble, sand, and algae.[2] It can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL.[3] It is the type species of the genus Valenciennea.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Valenciennea strigata, Common Names. FishBase. 2017.
  2. ↑ Reavis, Robert H. (July 27, 1995). "The natural history of a monogamous coral-reef fish, Valenciennea strigata (Gobiidae) .1. Abundance, growth, survival and predation". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 49 (2): 239–246. doi:10.1023/A:1007372725701. ISSN 0378-1909.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Valenciennea strigata" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Valenciennea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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