Valenciennea decora
Decorated glidergoby | Decora Goby | Orange-banded Sleeper
Distribution
Temperate Australasia, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Pale goby with gold bars on body connected by a gold stripe along bottom, black tip on first dorsal fin, and blue spots and dashes on head. Glides low down over the sand, retreating to burrows when approached. Black spot on 1st dorsal fin.
Information
Max Size: 13 cm
Sea Temperature Range: N/A
Depth: 2-33 m
Habitat Generalization Index: N/A
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (8.7% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (3 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland