Allen's Glider Goby (species: Valenciennea alleni) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Valenciennea alleni
Allen's Glider Goby
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Valenciennea
Species Valenciennea alleni

Distinguishing features

Two body stripes and a black spot at the tip of first dorsal fin; no stripes or other spots on fins (Hoese and Larson, 1994)

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Not recorded. It is found in turbid inshore habitats including Decapolis Reef inshore of Lizard Island.

Web resources

References

  • Hoese, D.F. and H.K. Larson (1994). Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Valenciennea, with descriptions of seven new species, Indo-Pacific Fishes, 23: 1-71. LIRS catalog number 715.