Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984

Goren, Menachem, Bogorodsky, Sergey V. & B-S, Shevy, 2023, How many valid Pleurosicya (Teleostei: Gobiidae) species are known from the Red Sea?, Zootaxa 5258 (1), pp. 113-129 : 126-127

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7773373

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scientific name

Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984
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Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984 View in CoL View at ENA

Beaked Ghostgoby

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Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984: 76 View in CoL (type locality: Marsa Barecha, southern Sinai Peninsula; holotype: TAU 6478)— Golani & Bogorodsky 2010: 48 (listed); Golani & Fricke 2018: 159 (listed).

Distinctive characters (based on Goren, 1984, on reexamination of type material and on a photograph). Pectoralfin rays 14–16 (usually 15); midline of nape and side of nape naked, scales on side of body not extending forward to pectoral-fin base (with the exception of the holotype); gill opening extending forward to below base of pectoral fin; tip of tongue rounded; front of upper lip thick, protruding, the tip pointed and downturned over front of mouth, giving beak-like appearance and bearing tiny teeth. Body translucent light green, becoming blue ventrally on head and chest, body densely speckled with dark brown-orange and black dots; an internal white band visible along anterior half of vertebral column; head with scattered small orange spots below eye; both dorsal and anal fins with dark dots, mainly basally.

Distribution and Habitat. Known from the Red Sea and Djibouti in the Western Indian Ocean, also reported from the Andaman Sea, Western Australia, and eastern Australia (Great Barrier Reef) ( Larson 1990). Found on branches of corals of the genus Acropora , at depths of 1– 20 m. One coral colony may harbor a social group of this species, from juveniles to adults.

Remarks. The species is widespread but known from disjunct localities. Only specimens from the type locality (Red Sea) were available for the phylogenetic analysis. Specimens from the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific are needed for comparative genetic analysis.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Pleurosicya

Loc

Pleurosicya prognatha Goren, 1984

Goren, Menachem, Bogorodsky, Sergey V. & B-S, Shevy 2023
2023
Loc

Pleurosicya prognatha

Golani, D. & Fricke, R. 2018: 159
Golani, D. & Bogorodsky, S. V. 2010: 48
Goren, M. 1984: 76
1984
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