Orangespotted Glidergoby, Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama 1956)


Other Names: Orange Dashed Goby, Orange-dashed Goby, Orangespotted Glider Goby, Orange-spotted Sleeper Goby, Orange-spotted Sleeper-goby

A pair of Orangespotted Glidergobies, Valenciennea puellaris, at Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines. Source: Klaus Stiefel / Flickr: pacificklaus. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial

Summary:

A pale brownish to greyish glidergoby with a blue-edged orange stripe along the lower sides, a series of orange dashes along the upper sides, and rows of pale blue dashes on the head.

Usually in monogamous pairs, glidergobies seek refuge in shallow burrows often under large pieces of rubble.


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Bray, D.J. 2019, Valenciennea puellaris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/177

Orangespotted Glidergoby, Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama 1956)

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Distribution

Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to One Tree Island, Queensland, with juveniles south to the Solitary Islands, New South Wales; also near the territory of Ashmore Reef and CArtier Island in the Timor Sea, and at Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
Monogamous pairs inhabit sand and rubble areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. When disturbed, the Orangespotted Glidergoby shelters in a shallow burrow often created beneath large pieces of rubble.

Species Citation

Eleotriodes puellaris Tomiyama, 1956, Fishes of Japan: 1136, 1139, fig. 574, pl. 224. Type locality: Kiragawa, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2019

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Orangespotted Glidergoby, Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama 1956)

References


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Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. 

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Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398 

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Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. 

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Larson, H. 2016. Valenciennea puellaris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T193068A2190891. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193068A2190891.en. Downloaded on 12 May 2019.



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Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. 

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Tomiyama, I. in Tomiyama, I. & Abe, T. 1956. Figures and Descriptions of the Fishes of Japan: (a continuation of Dr. Shigeho Tanaka's work). Tokyo : Kazama Shobo pp. 1115–1140 pls 220–224.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428284

Behaviour:Construct burrows

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:2-100 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated, rubble & sand areas

Max Size:18 cm SL

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