Pleurosicya

Pleurosicya is a genus of gobies native to reef environments of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Pleurosicya
Pleurosicya mossambica
Ghost Goby on Seapen (Pleurosicya boldinghi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Pleurosicya in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. 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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