Real photoREAL PHOTO

Slender spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Slender spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) specimen
← Back to catalog

Gobiidae

Slender spongegoby

Phyllogobius platycephalops

Five Centimeters Goby of the Mozambique Coast

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Slender spongegoby is known around Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 5 cm.

Family
Gobiidae
Maximum length
5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique. Western Central Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

Generating…