Slender spongegoby
| Slender spongegoby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Larson, 1986 |
| Species: | P. platycephalops
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllogobius platycephalops (J. L. B. Smith, 1964)
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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 (10 to 60 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.[2]
References
- ^ Larson, H. (2019). "Phyllogobius platycephalops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T118354490A123440615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T118354490A123440615.en. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phyllogobius platycephalops". FishBase. June 2013 version.