VALENCIENNEA LONGIPINNIS - (LAY & BENNETT, 1839)
Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobioidei (Suborder) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Valenciennea (Genus)
Long-finned goby, Longfinned goby, Teardrop sleeper-goby,
Synonymes
Calleleotris longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Eleotriodes longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Eleotris ikeineur (Montrouzier, 1857)
Eleotris lineatooculatus (Kner, 1867)
Eleotris lineooculatus (Kner, 1867)
Eleotris longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Eleotris taeniura (Macleay, 1881)
Valencienea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valencienna longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valenciennae longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valenciennea longispinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Characterized by pale grey body color, grading to white ventrally; presence of five, blue-edged bars extending ventrally to middle of side, each bar containing reddish brown to black blotch at bottom; blue bands; spots on head; pectoral fin base with a pair of pink stripes; dorsal fin with narrow pink bands and blue to reddish spots on second dorsal and caudal fins; without dorsal filamentous spines; rhomboid caudal fin, longer than head; length of caudal fin 2.7 in SL; longitudinal scale series 80-121; ctenoid body scales , becoming cycloid anteriorly below first or second dorsal spine; head or midline of nape without scales; side of nape with scales extending forward to above middle of operculum; usually scaled pectoral fin base in adult; partly or fully scaled prepelvic area of adult; depth of body 6.0-6.7 in SL. Max length : 18.0 cm. Depth range 2 - 30 m, usually 2 - 6 m.
Etymology
Valenciennea: From Achille Valenciennes 1794-1865; he worked with Duméril, Cuvier and Lacepède since 1815; malacologist, author of a "Histoire naturelle des poissons".
longipinnis: Latin, [longus] =long + [pinna] = feather, fin, wing.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific. Reported from New Caledonia.
Biology
Occurs in areas of fine sand and shallow lagoon reefs at depths less than 3 m, rarely at depths greater than 6 m. Adults usually in pairs, constructing burrows under rubble. Monogamous. Feeds on small invertebrates (e.g. copepods, amphipods, ostracods, nematodes, and foraminiferans) by sifting mouthfuls of sand.
Similar species
Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837) - Reported from New Caledonia.
Long-finned goby, Longfinned goby, Teardrop sleeper-goby,
Synonymes
Calleleotris longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Eleotriodes longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Eleotris ikeineur (Montrouzier, 1857)
Eleotris lineatooculatus (Kner, 1867)
Eleotris lineooculatus (Kner, 1867)
Eleotris longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Eleotris taeniura (Macleay, 1881)
Valencienea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valencienna longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valenciennae longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valenciennea longispinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Characterized by pale grey body color, grading to white ventrally; presence of five, blue-edged bars extending ventrally to middle of side, each bar containing reddish brown to black blotch at bottom; blue bands; spots on head; pectoral fin base with a pair of pink stripes; dorsal fin with narrow pink bands and blue to reddish spots on second dorsal and caudal fins; without dorsal filamentous spines; rhomboid caudal fin, longer than head; length of caudal fin 2.7 in SL; longitudinal scale series 80-121; ctenoid body scales , becoming cycloid anteriorly below first or second dorsal spine; head or midline of nape without scales; side of nape with scales extending forward to above middle of operculum; usually scaled pectoral fin base in adult; partly or fully scaled prepelvic area of adult; depth of body 6.0-6.7 in SL. Max length : 18.0 cm. Depth range 2 - 30 m, usually 2 - 6 m.
Etymology
Valenciennea: From Achille Valenciennes 1794-1865; he worked with Duméril, Cuvier and Lacepède since 1815; malacologist, author of a "Histoire naturelle des poissons".
longipinnis: Latin, [longus] =long + [pinna] = feather, fin, wing.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific. Reported from New Caledonia.
Biology
Occurs in areas of fine sand and shallow lagoon reefs at depths less than 3 m, rarely at depths greater than 6 m. Adults usually in pairs, constructing burrows under rubble. Monogamous. Feeds on small invertebrates (e.g. copepods, amphipods, ostracods, nematodes, and foraminiferans) by sifting mouthfuls of sand.
Similar species
Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837) - Reported from New Caledonia.