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Blackspot minigoby

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Blackspot minigoby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Minysicya
Larson, 2002
Species:
M. caudimaculata
Binomial name
Minysicya caudimaculata
Larson, 2002

The Blackspot minigoby (Minysicya caudimaculata) is a species of goby native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from Australia to Japan to the Tuamotus and French Polynesia where it can be found inhabiting reefs at depths of from 3 to 38 metres (9.8 to 124.7 ft). Males of this species grow to a length of 1.3 centimetres (0.51 in) SL while females can reach a length of 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Minysicya caudimaculata". FishBase. June 2013 version.