Sicydium (Gobiidae)

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Sicydium
Species: S. adelum – S. altum – S. antillarum – S. brevifile – S. buscki – S. cocoensis – S. crenilabrum – S. fayae – S. gilberti – S. gymnogaster – S. hildebrandi – S. multipunctatum – S. plumieri – S. punctatum
Name
Sicydium Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837

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

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