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Toothy goby

Common Name: Ghost Gobies, Gudgeons, Manyhost Cling-Goby, Manyhost Goby, Mozambique Ghostgoby
Scientific Name: Pleurosicya mossambica
Local Name: -
Dhivehi Name: -

Animalia (Kingdom)

Chordata (Plylum)

Teleostei (Class)

Perciformes (Order)

Gobiidae (Family)

Pleurosicya (Genus)

Toothy goby's description

Toothy goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) is a goby native to reef environments of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Short description - Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Pale reddish in color. Gill rakers rudimentary. Transverse scales 7. Mouth large, maxillary extending to vertical from midline to eye. Midline of predorsal and nape naked but scaled on either side. Median fins low; first dorsal roughly triangular and shorter than anterior rays of second dorsal, which is quite low posteriorly. Pectoral large, extending to below gap between dorsal fins. Ventral fins large, frenum fimbriate; characterized further by longitudinal scale series 20-27; broad gill opening, reaching to below half of eye; depth of body at anus5.3-6.8 in SL.

Toothy goby habitat

Pleurosicya mossambica inhabits coral reefs, coastal bays and reef slopes. It has the widest distribution and widest range of host organisms of all Pleurosicya species (Larson 1990). It is commensal, found on a variety of hosts such as soft corals, Holothurians, sponges, Tridacna clams (especially the mantle), broad-blade plants (Hoese 1986) and on algae (Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001). This a solitary species (Allen et al. 2003), that is a benthic spawner. Eggs have been observed on ascidians (Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001). The maximum recorded standard length is 3 cm (Hoese 1986).

Toothy goby threats

There are no known major threats to this species.