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The Odontobutidae, or freshwater sleepers, contains 22 species between 6 genera from eastern Asia. This family is the sister to all the other Gobiiformes in a clade with the Rhyacichthyidae. [1] Typhleotris madagascariensis a species in family Milyeringidae
Although goby-like in many ways, sleeper gobies lack the pelvic fin sucker and that, together with other morphological differences, is used to distinguish the two families. The Gobiidae and Eleotridae likely share a common ancestor and they are both placed in the order Gobiiformes, along with a few other small families containing goby-like fishes.
Its common names include the blueband goby, golden-head sleeper goby, and pennant glider. [1] It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found in outer lagoons and the seaward side of reefs. It occurs in a variety of substrates, sand, rubble, hard, at depths of from 1 to 25 metres (3.3 to 82.0 ft) (usually at ...
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.
Goby is also used to describe some species which are not classified within the order Gobiiformes, such as the engineer goby or convict blenny Pholidichthys leucotaenia. [2] The word goby derives from the Latin gobius meaning " gudgeon ", [ 3 ] and some species of goby, especially the sleeper gobies in the family Eleotridae and some of the ...
Sleeper banded goby. Banded sleeper goby coming out of hole. A sand-sifting goby cleans the substrate through its gills, including getting rid of certain bacteria, and also grazes on algae. A ...
Valenciennea helsdingenii is a species of goby from the Indo-Pacific.It is commonly known as the twostripe goby, black-lined sleeper goby, or railway sleeper goby.It can grow up to a length of 25 cm (9.8 in) and is distinguishable by two prominent orange to black lines running longitudinally through its body.
Butidae is a family of sleeper gobies in the order Gobiiformes.The family was formerly classified as a subfamily of the Eleotridae but the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World classifies it as a family in its own right. [2]