Stony Coral Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir 1971
Other Names: Michel's Ghost Goby, Stony Coral Ghost Goby
A Stony Coral Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli - North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Source: Jim Greenfield / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A small semi-transparent goby with a reddish-brown midlateral stripe, and a white stripe or series of white dashes above the vertebral column.
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Pleurosicya micheli in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2267
Stony Coral Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir 1971
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Occurs elsewhere in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Lives on several genera of hard corals in depths of 10-50 m. Occasionally found on the mantle of clams. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I, 7-8; Anal fin I, 7-8; Pectoral fin 16-19; Longitudinal scale series 22-28. Body depth at anus 5.0-7.1 in SL; median predorsal scales absent, scales present on side of nape to above the preopercle; gill opening broad, reaching at least to below the rear edge of the eye. |
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Biology |
Eggs are usually laid on ascidians. |
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Species Citation |
Pleurosycia micheli Fourmanoir, 1971,Cahiers O.R.S.T.O.M. Serie Océanographique 9(4): 499, fig. 8. Type locality (neotype): Caban Island, Philippines (originally Lifou, Loyalty Island). |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Stony Coral Ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir 1971
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Fourmanoir, P. 1971. Notes Ichthyologiques (IV). Cahiers O.R.S.T.O.M. Serie Océanographique 9(4): 491-500 figs 1-8
Kuiter R.W. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Melbourne : Zoonetics pp. 623–893.
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
Larson, H.K. & Murdy, E.O. 2001. Eleotridae, Gobiidae. pp. 3574-3604 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.
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.
