Allen's Glider Goby (species: Valenciennea alleni) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Lizard Island Field Guide does not include Valenciennea alleni.
Valenciennea alleni
Allen's Glider Goby

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

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Two body stripes and a black spot at the tip of first dorsal fin; no stripes or other spots on fins (Hoese and Larson, 1994)

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Not recorded. It is found in turbid inshore habitats including Decapolis Reef inshore of Lizard Island.

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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.