Valenciennea

Valenciennea
	Valenciennea wardii
	Valenciennea strigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Valenciennea; Bleeker, 1856
Type species
	Eleotris strigata; Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms
	Calleleotris Gill, 1863; Eleotriodes Bleeker, 1857; Gergobius Whitley, 1930; Salarigobius Pfeffer, 1893; Valenciennesia Bleeker, 1874

Valenciennea is a genus of small, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found over sandy bottoms, often at coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. The members of the genus tend to rest directly on the substrate for extended periods of time. While this is a common behavior for members of the family, this genus also float motionless directly above the substrate, which is why they are sometimes called glider gobies. Their resting behavior has resulted in the vernacular name "sleeper gobies", which invites confusion with the related family Eleotridae. The members of this genus are known to be carnivorous sand-sifters; to eat, they simply engulf entire mouthfuls of sand which they expel through their gills. Specialized structures in their gills filter small crustaceans and worms as the sand is expelled. It is this specific trait that makes some members of the genus attractive to the marine aquarist, and they are often introduced into a marine aquarium for sand-sifting. Some of the species are known to be monogamous. The genus was named after notable French zoologist Achille Valenciennes.[1] These fish are difficult to keep in a tank. Tanks with plenty of live sand and live rock are recommended. Offer foods such as sinking shrimp pellets. Fish may die even if eating properly.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson, 1994 (Allen's glidergoby)
Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson, 1994 (Bella goby)
Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson, 1994 (Decorated glidergoby)
Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) (Two-stripe goby)
Valenciennea immaculata (Y. Ni, 1981) (Red-lined sleepergoby)
Valenciennea limicola Hoese & Larson, 1994 (Mud goby)
Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (Long-finned goby)
Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Mural goby)
Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson, 1994 (Parva goby)
Valenciennea persica Hoese & Larson, 1994
Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956) (Maiden goby)
Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson, 1994 (Green-band goby)
Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) (Six-spot goby)
Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782) (Blue-band goby)
Valenciennea wardii (Playfair (fr), 1867) (Ward's sleepergoby)
Valenciennea yanoi T. Suzuki, Senou & J. E. Randall, 2016 [2]

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References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Valenciennea in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Suzuki, T., Senou, H. & Randall, J.E. (2016): Valenciennea yanoi, a new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 1–9.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Valenciennea in FishBase. January 2016 version.

[Suzuki2016-2] Suzuki, T., Senou, H. & Randall, J.E. (2016): Valenciennea yanoi, a new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 1–9.