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Genus of fishes

Pleurosicya

Pleurosicya mossambica

Ghost Goby on Seapen (Pleurosicya boldinghi)
Scientific 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

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

Species

As of 2024, FishBase recognizes 18 species in this genus as valid:

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, also Stony coral 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 sinaia Goren, 1984
Pleurosicya spongicola Larson, 1990 (Sponge ghostgoby)

However, the validity of Pleurosicya sinaia as a taxon is heavily disputed, and it is generally considered to be a junior synonym of Pleurosicya mossambica.

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). "Species of Pleurosicya". FishBase.. May 2024 version.
Bray, Dianne J. "Pleurosicya micheli". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 17 Sep 2024.
Fricke, Ronald; Golani, Daniel; Appelbaum-Golani, Brenda (30 June 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. doi:10.3750/AIP2015.45.2.14.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Pleurosicya mossambica". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

Taxon identifiers
Pleurosicya	Wikidata: Q842693 Wikispecies: Pleurosicya ADW: Pleurosicya AFD: Pleurosicya BOLD: 88326 CoL: 63NXY GBIF: 2375641 iNaturalist: 91178 IRMNG: 1365417 ITIS: 636589 NCBI: 595629 Open Tree of Life: 437853 WoRMS: 205732

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