FB-7246 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7246 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Valenciennea Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956) Maiden goby Orange-dashed goby Orangespotted glider goby Orangespotted glidergoby Orange-spotted sleeper-goby Eleotris taché d'orange Otomehaze Mano'o-sina Bakuli Biya Bagtis Bala Borod Bunak Paku Palo Rumbeb Talingkuk Tambo-tambo Tambud butobuto 大鱗凡塘鱧 大鱗美塘鱧 大鳞凡塘鳢 大鳞美塘鳢 点带塘鳢 點帶塘鱧 Eleotriodes puellaris Tomiyama, 1956 Eleotrioides puellaris Tomiyama, 1956 Valencienea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956) Valencienna puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956) 1993-02-01 2015-06-08 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) Wass, R.C.0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. 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FB-GeneralDescr-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 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=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Adults inhabit sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710, 48637). They occur in pairs and use burrows as refuge. Monogamous (Ref. 52884). The burrow is shallow, only a few cm, and made under large pieces of rubble. May be found on dark volcanic sand such as those in the Philippines, Indonesia, and the northern Mariana Is. Also Ref. 58652. 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-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Characterized by pale grey body color for Pacific fish with row of large orange spots on side, a series of dash-like markings below, smaller orange spots on back and blue to whitish streaks or spots on head; Indian Ocean fish with pale blue-grey body color with orange stripe across lower head, cheeks with blue markings and orange bars on side connected to pale orange stripe on lower half; third dorsal spine, longest, filamentous in juveniles under 40 mm SL; rounded caudal fin, 3.0-4.2 in SL; longitudinal scale series 79-91; ctenoid body scales, becoming cycloid anteriorly before first dorsal fin, on lower side, and midline of abdomen; head or midline of nape without scales; side of nape with scales extending forward to above middle of operculum; scaleless pectoral fin base; partly to fully scaled prepelvic area; depth of body 4.8-6.0 in SL (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 112; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11 - 12 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 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=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. 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-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 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=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 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-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=7246&StockCode=7415 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 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-7246 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 puellaris http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Inhabits sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Occurs in pairs and use burrows as refuge. The burrow is shallow, only a few cm, and made under large pieces of rubble. May be found on dark volcanic sand such as those in the Philippines, Indonesia, and the northern Mariana Is. 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-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 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=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 20.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)) Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka 2001 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637) 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#Threats 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-7246 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 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=7246 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 2 - 84 m (Ref. 86942), usually 10 - 30 m (Ref. 8527) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez 2011 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942) 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)