| Valenciennea strigata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Valenciennea |
| Species: | V. strigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)
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Valenciennea strigata is a species of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. 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 less than 6 metres (20 ft)). It primarily inhabits burrows dug under rubble, using them as both a nesting site and a refuge from predators. Such burrows typically have two entrances; however, only one of them is open, as the other is covered by rubble, sand, and algae.[2] It can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL.[3] It is the type species of the genus Valenciennea.[4]
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Valenciennea strigata, Common Names. FishBase. 2017.
- ^ Reavis, Robert H. (July 27, 1995). "The natural history of a monogamous coral-reef fish, Valenciennea strigata (Gobiidae) .1. Abundance, growth, survival and predation". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 49 (2): 239–246. doi:10.1023/A:1007372725701. ISSN 0378-1909. S2CID 25965233.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Valenciennea strigata". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Valenciennea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 September 2018.