Slender spongegoby

Slender spongegoby
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Phyllogobius; Larson, 1986
Species:	P. platycephalops
Binomial name
	Phyllogobius platycephalops; (J. L. B. Smith, 1964)
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

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

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

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