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Valenciennea
Valenciennea is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found over sandy bottoms, often at coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. The members of the genus tend to rest directly on the substrate for extended periods of time. While this is a common behavior for members of the family, this genus also float motionless directly above the substrate, which is why they are sometimes called glider gobies. Their resting behavior has resulted...
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species
Bluestreak Goby
speciesValenciennea strigata
Orange-dashed Goby
speciesValenciennea puellaris
Sixspot Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea sexguttata
Immaculate Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea immaculata
Ocellate Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea longipinnis
Mural Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea muralis
Blacklined Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea helsdingenii
Schliewen's Sleeper Goby
speciesValenciennea schlieweni
Little Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea parva
Broadbarred Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea wardii
Zabo's Sleeper Goby
speciesValenciennea zaboae
Yano's Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea yanoi
Greenband Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea randalli
Decorated Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea decora
Allen's Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea alleni
Persian Glidergoby
speciesValenciennea persica
Mud Goby
speciesValenciennea limicola
Yellow-filament Goby
speciesValenciennea bella
West Papua Sleeper Goby
speciesValenciennea papuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92761.