Red-lined sleeper - 114e HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Kamy Yeung

Photo By: Kamy Yeung

Photo By: Kamy Yeung

Photo By: Kamy Yeung

Photo By: Felix Chan

Photo By: Eric Keung

Photo By: Eric Keung

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Photo By: Caron Wong

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Photo By: Allen To

Red-lined sleeper

Characteristics

Mostly observed in pairs hovering above sandy bottoms.
Sieve sand through gills to seek small organisms as food.
Able to dig own burrow.

Description

Body yellowish white to white.
A pair of blue-edged reddish-orange horizontal bands running along both sides of the body through the caudal fin.

Common Name: Red-lined sleeper

Family Common Name: Gobies

Family: Gobiidae

Scientific Name: Valenciennea immaculata___(Ni, 1981)

Genus: Valenciennea

Maximum Length: 13 cm (Total Length)

Red-lined sleeper