Pleurosicya Mossambica

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

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)

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