Valenciennea longipinnis

Gobiidae
Teardrop Sleeper Goby, Long-finned Goby, Ocellate Glidergoby, Ocellated Goby
  • Valenciennea longipinnis, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
    Valenciennea longipinnis, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Valenciennea longipinnis, Northern Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
    Valenciennea longipinnis, Northern Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Valenciennea longipinnis, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Valenciennea longipinnis, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Valenciennea longipinnis, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
    Valenciennea longipinnis, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
  • Valenciennea longipinnis, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Valenciennea longipinnis, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Four narrow stripes, the lower interrrupted by a series of dark dashes. Two narrow pink stripes and blue dashes on lower head and onto pectoral fin base.
Information
  • Max Size: 18 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 18.4-31.2°C
  • Depth: 2-30 m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Soft sediment
  • Habitat Generalisation Index: 1.5
    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
Rarity
  • IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (3% 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 (5 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
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