Beaky Acropora Goby, Pleurosicya prognatha Goren 1984

Summary:

A semi-transparent goby peppered with fine dark spots that are concentrated on the side below the dorsal fins, a red iris, and a very long upper jaw and lip that resembles a curved beak.

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Beaky Acropora Goby, Pleurosicya prognatha Goren 1984

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Distribution	Recorded in Australia from Clerke Reef to Scott Reef, WA, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, QLD. Occurs elsewhere in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Inhabits coral reefs, living on large staghorn corals.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I, 8-9; Anal fin I, 8-9; pectoral fin 14-16; Longitudinal scale series 15-27. ; mostly scaleless head and anterior third of body; restricted gill opening to pectoral fin base; extremely elongated tip of upper jaw and lip, looks like curved beak; depth of body at anus 4.2-7.1 in SL
Species Citation	Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984, Cybium 8(1): 76, figs 3a-c. Type locality: Marsa Barecha, southern Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Beaky Acropora Goby, Pleurosicya prognatha Goren 1984

References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.

Goren, M. 1984. The new species and two new records for the Red Sea of invertebrate associated gobies (Gobiidae, Pisces). Cybium 8(1): 71-82 figs 1-5

Herler, J. & Hilgers, H. 2005. A synopsis of coral and coral-rock associated gobies (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 10(3): 103-132.

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