Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Inhabits sandy areas.
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8527&speccode=12606
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Distribution
Western Pacific: Australia, New Caledonia, and Fiji. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8527&speccode=12606
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
11.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 8527))
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8527&speccode=12606
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Type Information
Paratype for Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson
Catalog Number: USNM 265788
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): G. Anderson
Year Collected: 1974
Locality: One Tree Island, Queensland., One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia, Pacific
Depth (m): 20 to 20
Catalog Number: USNM 265788
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): G. Anderson
Year Collected: 1974
Locality: One Tree Island, Queensland., One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia, Pacific
Depth (m): 20 to 20
- Paratype: Hoese, D. F. & Larson, H. K. 1994. Indo-Pacific Fishes. No. 23: 18.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 7 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 7 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 9.1 - 20
Temperature range (°C): 24.634 - 27.471
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.188 - 0.572
Salinity (PPS): 35.000 - 35.437
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.626 - 4.818
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.153
Silicate (umol/l): 0.636 - 1.225
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 9.1 - 20
Temperature range (°C): 24.634 - 27.471
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.188 - 0.572
Salinity (PPS): 35.000 - 35.437
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.626 - 4.818
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.153
Silicate (umol/l): 0.636 - 1.225
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 7 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 9.1 - 20
Temperature range (°C): 24.634 - 27.471
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.188 - 0.572
Salinity (PPS): 35.000 - 35.437
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.626 - 4.818
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.153
Silicate (umol/l): 0.636 - 1.225
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 9.1 - 20
Temperature range (°C): 24.634 - 27.471
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.188 - 0.572
Salinity (PPS): 35.000 - 35.437
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.626 - 4.818
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.153
Silicate (umol/l): 0.636 - 1.225
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Depth: 2 - 33m.
From 2 to 33 meters.
Habitat: demersal. Inhabits sandy areas.
From 2 to 33 meters.
Habitat: demersal. Inhabits sandy areas.
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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