In the spotlight
Un retour à l'océan pour Ripple, la tortue caouanne
La tortue caouanne, recueillie par Nausicaá en janvier 2026 retrouve l'océan après un séjour au centre de soins de l'Aquarium La Rochelle.
Identity card
Blueband goby
- Scientific name:
- Valenciennea strigata
- Family:
- Gobiidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- 1782, Broussonet
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Tuamotu Islands, from southern Japan to Australia, New Caledonia, and Tonga.
- Habitat:
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Coral reefs, sandy or detrital substrates, often between 1 and 6 m.
- Size:
Up to 18 cm.
- Diet:
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Benthic invertebrates, small fish, fish eggs; filters sand with its mouth.
