Valenciennea longipinnis

Valenciennea longipinnis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Valenciennea
Species:	V. longipinnis
Binomial name
Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839)
Synonyms
Eleotris longipinnis Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839 Calleleotris longipinnis (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) Eleotriodes longipinnis (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) Eleotris ikeineur Montrouzier, 1857 Eleotris lineatooculatus Kner, 1867 Eleotris taeniura W. J. Macleay, 1881

Valenciennea longipinnis, the Long-finned goby, or Puntang is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found in lagoons and areas with substrates of fine sand at depths of mostly less than 3 metres (9.8 ft), occasionally down to 6 metres (20 ft) and rarely deeper than that. This species can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) SL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[1]