Michel's Ghostgoby (Pleurosicya micheli)

Also known as Cling Goby, Coral Goby, Ghost Goby, Gudgeon, Michel's Goby, Reef Goby, Soft Coralgoby, Stonycoral Ghostgoby

Description

Also known as Cling Goby, Coral Goby, Ghost Goby, Gudgeon, Michel's Goby, Reef Goby, Soft Coralgoby, Stonycoral Ghostgoby.

Found singly, living in a symbiotic relationship with hard corals, and sometimes on the mantle of clams, over coastal reef slopes.
They feed on coral mucus and zooplankton.
Length - 2.5cm
Depth - 10-50m
Widespread Indo Pacific

Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/25509

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