Pleurosicya boldinghi

Weber, 1913

Soft Coral Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Aliwal Shoal, South Africa northeast to Papua New Guinea.

Size: 2 inch (4 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits reef areas on and around corals and sponges and often seen on Dendronephthya and Sarcophyton soft corals. Usually found at depths between 15 to 200 feet (5 – 60 m) where it feeds on zooplankton and coral mucus.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Pleurosicya

FYI: Shown here for identification only.