Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Many-Host Ghostgoby
Pleurosicya mossambica
Many-Host Ghostgoby
Also known as: Mozambique Ghostgoby, Common Ghostgoby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Pleurosicya mossambica
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Pleurosicya (Genus)
        └P. mossambica (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219540🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196641🔗

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