Valenciennea sexguttata
| Valenciennea sexguttata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Valenciennea |
| Species: | V. sexguttata
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| Binomial name | |
| Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837)
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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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Valenciennea sexguttata". FishBase. June 2013 version.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valenciennea sexguttata.
- Photos of Valenciennea sexguttata in the Sealife Collection