Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Orange-Dashed Goby
Valenciennea puellaris
Orange-Dashed Goby
Also known as: Maiden Goby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Valenciennea puellaris
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 25-75 ft. (8-23 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Indonesia, Australia
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Valenciennea (Genus)
        └V. puellaris (Species)

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