Blue Coral Ghost Goby
Pleurosicya coerulea
- Usual depth1–18 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–18 m · Deepest record: 27.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blue Coral Ghost Goby
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Hiraumitakehaze, ヒラウミタケハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 厚唇腹瓢鰕虎, 厚唇腹瓢鰕虎魚
Similar species
Common Ghost GobyPleurosicya mossambica
Cling GobyPleurosicya micheli
- Staghorn Ghostgoby
Pleurosicya fringilla
- Ghost Goby
Pleurosicya muscarum
- Lobed Ghost Goby
Pleurosicya plicata
- Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 60 open-data records from 1953 to 2016.
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