Biology:Sicydium

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Sicydium
Olivo (aka, Ceti) (English=Sirajo Goby) (Taxonomy=Sicydium plumieri).jpg
Sicydium plumieri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Sicydiinae
Genus: Sicydium
Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Gobius plumieri
Bloch, 1786
Synonyms
  • Oreogobius Boulenger, 1899
  • Sicya D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Sicyosus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898

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]

  • Sicydium adelum W. A. Bussing, 1996
  • Sicydium altum Meek, 1907
  • Sicydium brevifile Ogilvie-Grant, 1884
  • Sicydium buscki Evermann & H. W. Clark, 1906
  • Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884
  • Sicydium cocoensis (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
  • Sicydium crenilabrum I. J. Harrison, 1993
  • Sicydium fayae Brock, 1942
  • Sicydium gilberti Watson, 2000
  • Sicydium gymnogaster Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 (Smoothbelly goby)
  • Sicydium hildebrandi C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
  • Sicydium multipunctatum Regan, 1906 (Multispotted goby)
  • Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786) (Sirajo)
  • Sicydium punctatum Perugia, 1896 (Spotted algae-eating goby)
  • Sicydium rosenbergii (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Sicydium salvini Ogilvie-Grant, 1884

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Sicydium in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q6806800 entry