Common ghost goby

Pleurosicya mossambica

Living on corals and sponges

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Pleurosicya
Maximum length: 3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 33390 ) to Fiji and the Marquesan Islands, north to southern Japan, south to southeast Australia and New Caledonia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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