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
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.