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Slender spongegoby

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Slender spongegoby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Phyllogobius
Larson, 1986
Species:
P. platycephalops
Binomial name
Phyllogobius platycephalops
Synonyms
  • Cottogobius platycephalops J. L. B. Smith, 1964

Phyllogobius platycephalops, the Slender spongegoby, is a species of goby native to the western Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs on reefs at depths of from 2 to 18 metres (6.6 to 59.1 ft). This species is a commensal on sponges of the genus Phyllospongia. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Phyllogobius platycephalops" in FishBase. June 2013 version.