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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Cebu Market, USNM 161057. Also Ref. 8527.
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Main Ref: Werner, T.B. and G.R. Allen, 2000
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Common names from other countries

Immaculate goby, Kuiter's goby, Immaculate glidergoby, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Valenciennea: From Achille Valenciennes 1794-1865; he worked with Duméril, Cuvier and Lacepède since 1815; malacologist, author of a "Histoire naturelle des poissons" (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Type locality: Sanya Yantian, Boan County, Guangdong Province, China.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 48637), usually 2 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115)

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Western Pacific: Taiwan, Macao, Hong Kong, Philippines, and from Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales (Australia). Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16. Characterized by yellowish white to pale mauve body color; blue-edged orange stripe on cheek extending along lower side to base of caudal fin; presence of pair of orange-brown stripes on back; caudal fin with dark margin and white submarginal band; juvenile has yellow stripe on midside and pair of dark stripes on back; rhomboid caudal fin; length of caudal fin 3.1-3.6 in SL; longitudinal scale series 63-92; ctenoid body scales, becoming cycloid anteriorly below first dorsal fin and on abdomen; head or midline of nape without scales; side of nape partly scaled with patch extending forward to above posterior edge of preopercle; partly or fully scaled pectoral-fin base in adult; usually scaled prepelvic area in adult; depth of body 5.5-6.3 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Occurs over fine, silty or muddy sand bottoms, Ref. 48637. Usually in pairs (Ref. 90102). Sifts large mouthfuls of sand to feed and dig its own burrow.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hoese, D.F. and H.K. Larson, 1994. Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Valenciennea, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (23):71 p. (Ref. 8527)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 April 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.4 - 29, mean 27.7 (based on 1292 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981)