Sixspot Glider Goby (species: Valenciennea sexguttata) in ALA: Lizard Island (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Valenciennea sexguttata
Sixspot Glider Goby

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Valenciennea
Species Valenciennea sexguttata

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

A single body stripe, round spots on the head and a pointed dorsal fin with a black spot at the tip (Hoese and Larson, 1994)

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Hoese, D.F. and H.K. Larson (1994). Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Valenciennea, with descriptions of seven new species, Indo-Pacific Fishes, 23: 1-71. LIRS catalog number 715.