Pleurosicya
Pleurosicya is a genus of gobies native to reef environments of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Pleurosicya | |
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| Pleurosicya mossambica | |
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| Ghost Goby on Seapen (Pleurosicya boldinghi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Pleurosicya M. C. W. Weber, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurosicya boldinghi M. C. W. Weber, 1913 | |
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
- Pleurosicya annandalei Hornell & Fowler, 1922 (Scaly-nape goby)
- Pleurosicya australis Larson, 1990
- Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans, 1941) (Bilobed ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya boldinghi M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Soft-coral goby)
- Pleurosicya carolinensis Larson, 1990 (Caroline Islands ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya coerulea Larson, 1990 (Blue-coral ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya elongata Larson, 1990 (Cling goby)
- Pleurosicya fringilla Larson, 1990 (Staghorn ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya labiata (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Barrel-sponge ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya larsonae D. W. Greenfield & J. E. Randall, 2004
- Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir, 1971 (Michel's ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya mossambica J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Toothy goby) [2]
- Pleurosicya muscarum (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Ghost goby)
- Pleurosicya occidentalis Larson, 1990
- Pleurosicya plicata Larson, 1990 (Plicata ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984 (Folded ghostgoby)
- Pleurosicya spongicola Larson, 1990 (Sponge ghostgoby)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Pleurosicya in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- Fricke, F., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015): First record of the toothy goby, Pleurosicya mossambica, from Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, and status of P. sinaia (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 45 (2): 217-219.
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