Sixspot goby
Valenciennea sexguttata
No photo yet
A goby from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, from bays and lagoons with silty or sandy bottoms, that digs its burrow under rocks. It reaches 14 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Valenciennea sexguttata
- Family
- Gobiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Synonyms
- Eleotriodes pallidus, Eleotriodes sexguttatus, Eleotris lantzii, Eleotris sexguttata, Salarigobius stuhlmannii, Valencienea sexguttata, Valenciennea sexguttatus, Valenciennea violifera
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, África
Water
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 14 cm
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
Spotted wrong data on this page? Let us know