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Sibayi goby

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Sibayi goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Silhouettea
Species:
S. sibayi
Binomial name
Silhouettea sibayi
Map
IUCN distribution of the Sibayi goby
  Extant (resident)
  Probably extant (resident)

Silhouettea sibayi, the Barebreast goby or the Sibayi goby, is a species of goby endemic to southern Africa where it is known from lakes Sibhayi and St. Lucia and Kosi Bay in South Africa, as well as from Piti Lake in Mozambique.[1] It inhabits areas with sandy substrates down to depths of about 20 metres (66 ft) where it lives mostly buried in the sand. This species can reach a length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) SL.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b O'Brien, G.; Kubheka, S.; Craigie, J.; Evans, S.W. (2017). "Silhouettea sibayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T20223A100178519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T20223A100178519.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Silhouettea sibayi". FishBase. June 2013 version.