Blue coral ghost goby (Pleurosicya coerulea)

Scientific name: Pleurosicya coerulea Larson, 1990

Blue coral ghost goby (Pleurosicya coerulea)

The Blue coral ghost goby (Pleurosicya coerulea) is a marine fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Amirante Islands to Kiribati, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Scott Reef in the eastern Indian Ocean and the northern Great Barrier Reef.

Biology

Lives in association with the blue coral Heliopora coerulea.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pleurosicya coerulea
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Amirante Islands to Kiribati, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Scott Reef in the eastern Indian Ocean and the northern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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