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Toothy Goby

Pleurosicya mossambica

Classification

Family
Gobiidae

Pleurosicya mossambica, also known as the toothy goby or the Mozambique ghost goby, is a species of goby native to the tropical coastal waters and coral reefs of the Red Sea and western Indo-Pacific. Like many other gobies, it forms commensal relationships with several species of marine invertebrates, including soft corals and sponges. Taxonomy and etymology Pleurosicya mossambica was first described by South African ichthyologist J.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 17United States of America · 5