Valenciennea puellaris: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Valenciennea
- Species
- Valenciennea puellaris
- Scientific Name
- Valenciennea puellaris
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Valenciennea puellaris
Valenciennea puellaris, the Orange-spotted sleeper-goby, Orange-dashed goby, or Maiden goby, Diamond Watchman goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits lagoons and outer reefs where it occurs on sandy substrates with larger pieces of rubble to burrow under. It can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It is a prevalent fish in the aquarium hobby. Its main diet is composed of zoo plankton and dead fish or invertebrates.
...Valenciennea puellaris in languages:
- Chinese
- 點帶范氏塘鱧
- Czech
- hlaváč dívčí
- English
- Maiden Goby
- English
- Orange-dashed Goby
- English
- Orange Dashed Goby
- English
- Orange-spotted Sleeper-goby
- English
- Orangespotted Glider Goby
- English
- Orangespotted Glidergoby
- English
- Orange-spotted Sleeper Goby
- French
- Gobie tacheté d'orange
- Japanese
- オトメハゼ
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Valenciennea alleni
- Valenciennea bella
- Valenciennea decora
- Valenciennea helsdingenii
- Valenciennea immaculata
- Valenciennea limicola
- Valenciennea longipinnis
- Valenciennea muralis
- Valenciennea parva
- Valenciennea persica
- Valenciennea puellaris
- Valenciennea randalli
- Valenciennea sexguttata
- Valenciennea strigata
- Valenciennea wardii
- Valenciennea yanoi

























































































































































