Sicydium
Sicydium | |
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Sicydium plumieri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Sicydiinae |
Genus: | Sicydium Valenciennes, 1837 |
Type species | |
Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786
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Synonyms | |
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Sicydium is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa.[1]
Species[]
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- W. A. Bussing, 1996
- Meek, 1907
- Sicydium brevifile Ogilvie-Grant, 1884
- Evermann & , 1906
- Greeff, 1884
- (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
- , 1993
- , 1942
- , 2000
- Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 (Smoothbelly goby)
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
- Regan, 1906 (Multispotted goby)
- Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786) (Sirajo)
- , 1896 (Spotted algae-eating goby)
- (Boulenger, 1899)
- Ogilvie-Grant, 1884
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Sicydium in FishBase. June 2013 version.
Categories:
- Sicydium
- Sicydiinae
- Gobiiformes stubs