Valenciennea sexguttata

Valenciennea sexguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Valenciennea
Species:
V. sexguttata
Binomial name
Valenciennea sexguttata
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837
  • Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878
  • Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893
  • Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960

Valencienna sexguttata, the chalk goby, sixspot goby or sleeper blue dot goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits bays or lagoons in waters from 3 to 25 m (9.8 to 82.0 ft) with silt or sand substrates with rocks under which to burrow. It can reach 14 cm (5.5 in) in TL, and may be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Valenciennea sexguttata". FishBase. June 2013 version.