GOBIIDAE Valenciennea wardii, 7.8 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1867) Ward's Goby D VI + I, 11-12; A I, 11-12; P1 19-22; LR 70-88; PDS 0. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Head slightly compressed; lower jaw not projecting anteriorly beyond upper jaw; gill opening relatively narrow, restricted to pectoral- fin base. First dorsal fin rounded, without elongate spines; pelvic fins separated; frenum absent; caudal fin rounded. Scales small ctenoid, excepting those on belly, prepelvic region and pectoral-fin base, if present, cycloid; head naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; longitudinal pattern of sensory-papillae rows on cheek. Color: head and body pale gray or pale beige, with 3 broad vertical brown bars and some small brown saddles; a narrow bright blue oblique stripe through cheek and operculum; distinct black ocellated spot on rear part of first dorsal fin; posterior part of caudal fin brown, with pale distal margin; small black spot on dorsal part of caudal fin. Size: 15.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found on sandy-mud or soft mud bottom in bays.