Sicydium
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| Sicydium plumieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sicydium". FishBase. June 2013 version.
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