Blacklined Glidergoby, Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker 1858)

Other Names: Blacklined Glider Goby, Black-lined Sleeper Goby, Black-lined Sleeper-Goby, Railway Glider, Railway Sleeper Goby, Twostripe Goby

A Blacklined Glidergoby, Valenciennea helsdingenii, at North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

A pale brownish-grey glidergoby becoming pale greyish to whitish below with two black to reddish or brownish-orange stripes along the side and a large black blotch on the first dorsal fin. Adults have two elongate caudal-fin filaments.

Video of a pair of Blacklined Glidergobies filmed at Kashiwajima, Kochi, Japan.

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Blacklined Glidergoby, Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker 1858)

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Distribution	Recorded in Australian waters from Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Shellharbour, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Indonesia and Japan to the Great Barrier Reef. Usually seen in pairs over sandy, silty and mixed sand and rubble bottoms on outer reefs, coastal bays, rocky drop-offs and reef lagoons. Juveniles usually prefer rocky areas in clear estuaries. Constructs mounded burrows.
Colour	A pale brownish-grey glidergoby becoming pale greyish to whitish below with two black to reddish or brownish-orange stripes from head to tail tip; A large black blotch on first dorsal fin; Adults with two elongate caudal-fin filaments, caudal fin rounded in juveniles.
Feeding	Feeds on small invertebrates sifted from mouthfuls of substrate.
Biology	Forms monogamous pairs.
Species Citation	Eleotriodes helsdingenii Bleeker 1858, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 15: 212. Type locality: Goram Island.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Blacklined Glidergoby, Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker 1858)

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