Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Twostripe Goby
Valenciennea helsdingenii
Twostripe Goby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Valenciennea helsdingenii
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Gobiiformes (Order)
      └Gobiidae (Family)
       └Valenciennea (Genus)
        └V. helsdingenii (Species)

Gobies & Blennies
Gobies

Twostripe Goby

Bluestreak Goby

Banded Goby

Wire Coral Goby

Red and Whitespotted Dwarfgoby

Redspotted Dwarfgoby

Twospot Sandgoby

Neophyte Sandgoby

Shoulderbar Goby

Stony Coral Ghostgoby

Common Ghostgoby

Redearth Pygmygoby



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