Seagrass Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941)

Other Names: Bilobed Ghost Goby, Seagrass Ghost Goby, Split-tongue Cling-goby

Illustration of a male Seagrass Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya bilobata, CAS 36861, from Guam. Source: Helen K. Larson, Fig. 8, in Larson (1990) The Beagle 7(1): 1-53 / Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

A translucent green to yellowish-green goby with about 12 narrow brown to golden-brown bars across the head and body. Males have a distinct black blotch on rear of the second dorsal fin.

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Seagrass Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941)

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Distribution	Recorded in Australia from Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, and Sydney, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits shallow reef flats with algae and seagrass areas, usually on blades of broad-leaved seagrasses, such as those of the genus Enhalus, along with Halophila.
Feeding	Feeds on small crustaceans from seagrass blades or adjacent water column.
Etymology	The specific name bilobatus is from the Latin bi- (= two) and lobata (= lobed), in reference to the bilobate tongue of this species.
Species Citation	Cottogobius bilobatus Koumans, 1941, Mem. Indian Mus. 13: 253. Type locality: Muthivaratu Paar, India.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Seagrass Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941)

References

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Larson, H.K. 1990. A revision of the commensal gobiid fish genera Pleusosicya and Luposicya (Gobiidae), with descriptions of eight new species of Pleusosicya and discussion of related genera. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 7(1): 1-53 figs 1-29 pls 1-3 See ref at BHL

Larson, H.K. & Hoese, D.F. 1980. Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A systematischer Teil, XXIII Gobiidae. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse D 32: 33-43 figs 528-538

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Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Williams, J.T., Larson, H. & Greenfield, D. 2016. Pleurosicya bilobata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T193163A2203132. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193163A2203132.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2020.