Valenciennea muralis

(Valenciennes, 1837)

Mural Sleeper Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Widely distributed.

Size: 6 inches (15 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow sandy areas in protected lagoons and usually found at depths between 3 - 50 feet (1 - 15 m) where it lives in burrows and feeds by sifting mouthfuls of sand to capture small invertebrates and organic matter.

General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Valenciennea

FYI: Shown here for identification only, yet should it become available, aquarium husbandry would be similar to V. helsdingenii.