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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Valenciennea:From Achille Valenciennes 1794-1865; he worked with Duméril, Cuvier and Lacepède since 1815; malacologist, author of a "Histoire naturelle des poissons" (Ref. 45335); yanoi:Named for Mr. Korechika Yano, who first discovered the new species and photographed it underwater; noun in the genitive case. Eponymy: Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865) was a French zoologist; primarily an ichthyologist and conchologist. [...] Korechika Yano is a diving instructor and underwater photographer at the Dive Service YANO, Iriomote Island, Japan. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 13 - 20 m (Ref. 123074). Tropical
Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Palau.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123074)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsalspines (total): 7; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 12. This species is distinguished by the following characters: low rounded first dorsal fin, no black spot on dorsal fin, D2 12; A 12; caudal-fin rounded with a slight extension of the 4th ray; snout without a black spot and yellow stripe; upper part of eye without a black spot; lateral side of head with three narrow vivid sky-blue stripes; body with two broad orange and yellow stripes reaching to rear margin of caudal fin (Ref. 123074). Cross section: compressed.
Found on sand or mud bottoms of bays and inlets (Ref. 123074).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Suzuki, T., H. Senou and J.E. Randall, 2016. Valenciennea yanoi, a new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 21:1-9. (Ref. 123074)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
