WoRMS taxon details
Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837)
219598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219598)
accepted
Species
Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960 · unaccepted
Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted
Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878 · unaccepted
Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893 · unaccepted
Valencienea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Valenciennea sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
Description Inhabits areas with fine, silty, coralline sands. Usually in pairs and live in a burrow under rocks. Commonly seen in...
Description Inhabits areas with fine, silty, coralline sands. Usually in pairs and live in a burrow under rocks. Commonly seen in aggregations over large areas in lagoons of atolls. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219598 on 2025-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960) Klausewitz, W. (1960). Eleotriodes pallidus n. sp. aus dem Indischen Ozean. (Pisces, Gobioidea, Eleotridae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> v. 41 (nos 1/2): 7-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960) Klausewitz, W. (1960). Eleotriodes pallidus n. sp. aus dem Indischen Ozean. (Pisces, Gobioidea, Eleotridae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> v. 41 (nos 1/2): 7-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits areas with fine, silty, coralline sands. Usually in pairs and live in a burrow under rocks. Commonly seen in aggregations over large areas in lagoons of atolls. [details]Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes. [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Valenciennea sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Valenciennea sexguttata)
To FishBase (from synonym Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Valencienea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Valenciennea sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893)
To FishBase images (Valenciennea sexguttata, Oman, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valenciennea sexguttata FIN028912 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valenciennea sexguttata FIN028913 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valenciennea violifera RAD102469-001) (from synonym Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Valenciennea sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Valenciennea sexguttata)
To FishBase (from synonym Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris lantzii Thominot, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Valencienea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Valenciennea sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893)
To FishBase images (Valenciennea sexguttata, Oman, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Eleotriodes sexguttatus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valenciennea sexguttata FIN028912 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valenciennea sexguttata FIN028913 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Valenciennea violifera RAD102469-001) (from synonym Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
