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Butis butis, the crazy fish, duckbill sleeper, or upside-down sleeper, is a species of sleeper goby that are native to brackish and freshwater coastal habitats of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the African coast to the islands of Fiji. They prefer well-vegetated waters and can frequently be found in mangrove swamps.
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 wardii, Ward's sleeper, Ward's sleeper goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean in bays, reefs and lagoons at depths of from 12 to 35 metres (39 to 115 ft). It can be found on sandy or silty substrates.
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.
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.
Sleeper goby may refer to three families of goby formerly classified as part of the single family Eleotridae, and a genus from the family Gobiidae: Milyeringidae, a family of Gobiiform cave fish from Western Australia and Madagascar; Butidae, an Old World family of gobies
[3] [4] Gobiiforms are primarily small species that live in marine water, but roughly 10% of these species inhabit fresh water. This order is composed chiefly of benthic or burrowing species; like many other benthic fishes, most gobiiforms do not have a gas bladder or any other means of controlling their buoyancy in water, so they must spend ...
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