Slender spongegoby
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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllogobius Larson, 1986 |
| Species: | P. platycephalops |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllogobius platycephalops (J. L. B. Smith, 1964) | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Phyllogobius platycephalops" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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