FB-7227 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Valenciennea Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) Leer-swerwer Sechspunkt-Schläfergrundel Blacktip goby Goby Ladder glider Ladder goby Sixspot glider goby Sixspot glidergoby Sixspot goby Six-spot goby Six-spot sleeper-goby Gobie à six taches Ghiozzo Mizutamahaze Mannunni പൂളാന് മന്നുണ്ണി Belodok tompok Ubi Mano'o-sina Bia Funna Paku Talingkuk 六點塘鱧 六斑凡塘鱧 六斑凡塘鳢 六斑美塘鱧 六斑美塘鳢 六点塘鳢 Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960 Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837) Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878 Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837 Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893 Valencienea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) Valenciennea sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837) Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906 1993-01-29 2012-04-17 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Vasex_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Vasex_u4.jpg Locality: Jana Island, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. FB-pic-7227-22119 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-03 2000-11-22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Vasex_u5.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Vasex_u5.jpg FB-pic-7227-29237 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2001-05-17 2005-07-29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Vasex_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Vasex_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Adults inhabit silty or sandy areas of lagoons and bays (Ref. 9710, 48637). Usually in pairs and lives in a burrow under rocks. Commonly seen in aggregations over large areas in lagoons of atolls. Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Hoese, D.F. and H.K. Larson 1994 Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus <i>Valenciennea</i>, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (23):71 p. (Ref. 8527) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Description: Characterized by pale grey body color with faint pinkish stripe along lower side; cheek with blue to white spots; first dorsal fin with black tip; absence of filamentous dorsal spines; pointed caudal fin, longer in male, 2.9-3.6 in SL; longitudinal scale series 71-99; ctenoid body scales, becoming cycloid anterior to line from upper pectoral fin base to first dorsal fin origin and on abdomen; head or midline of nape without scales; side of nape with scales extending forward short distance anterior to gill opening; partly or fully scaled prepelvic area; depth of body 5.1-6.5 in SL (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11 - 13 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2013-08-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa to Samoa; north to Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland, Australia. Hoese, D.F. and H.K. Larson 1994 Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus <i>Valenciennea</i>, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (23):71 p. (Ref. 8527) FB-Uses-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-LifeCycle-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=7227&StockCode=7373 Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-12-03 00:00:00 2007-09-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public sexguttata http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Inhabits silty or sandy areas of lagoons and bays (Ref. 9710). Usually in pairs and lives in a burrow under rocks. Commonly seen in aggregations over large areas in lagoons of atolls. Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Size-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 14.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)) Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-7227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 3 - 25 m (Ref. 89908) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) Moosleitner, H. 2011 Valenciennea spp. - Schläfergrundeln in der Natur und im Aquarium. DATZ 64(11):46-51.