Pleurosicya

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Kingdom Animalia Family Gobiidae Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes		Class Actinopterygii Subfamily Gobiinae Rank Genus

Similar Bryaninops, Istigobius, Priolepis, Fusigobius, Paragobiodon

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

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)

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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