Sicyopterus caudimaculatus

Sicyopterus caudimaculatus Maugé, Marquet & Laboute, 1992

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Sicyopterus: Greek, sika, sikya = cucumber + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Oceania: endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Type locality: Hiva Oa, Atuona River.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12767)

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Characterised by a superior lip edge slightly nothched in between the three notches which are not very marked; a black line in between the middle of the eye and the grin; tiny scales on the anterior part of the body and the nape; 66 to 70 lateral scale rows; a black oval spot at the base of the caudal rays and at the tip of the caudal fin in male. Head rounded; snout profile clearly convex; maxilla reaching or almost reaching the anterior edge of the eye. Superior lip with a median notch and a lateral one on each side at the nostril level; edge of the lip very finely notched. Two close dorsal fins, the third spine of the first dorsal is elongated, especially in males; pelvic fins joint in one oval disc, free from the abdomen, at the back of the pelvic plate (Ref. 12767).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Maugé, L.A., G. Marquet and P. Laboute, 1992. Les sicydiinae (Gobiidae) des eaux douces de la Polynésie française. Description de trois espèces nouvelles. Cybium 16(3):213-231. (Ref. 12767)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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