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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: Sicyopus
Subgenera (3): S. (Juxtastiphodon) – S. (Sicyopus) – S. (Smilosicyopus)
Overview of species

S. auxilimentus – S. cebuensis – S. discordipinnis – S. exallisquamulus – S. jonklaasi – S. lord – S. multisquamatus – S. nigriradiatus – S. pentecost – S. rubicundus – S. zosterophorus
Name

Sicyopus Gill, 1863

References

Keith, P.; Marquet, G.; Taillebois, L. 2011: Discovery of the freshwater genus Sicyopus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) in Madagascar, with a description of a new species and comments on regional dispersal. Journal of natural history, 45(43-44): 2725–2746. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.602479
Watson 1999: Two new subgenera of Sicyopus, with a redescription of Sicyopus zosterophorum (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). Aqua (Graffignana), 3(3): 93–104. [not seen]

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Sicyopus is a genus of small gobies. Most are native to fast-flowing streams and rivers in Southeast Asia and Melanesia, but S. zosterophorus also occurs in China, Japan and Palau, S. nigriradiatus is restricted to Pohnpei, S. jonklaasi is restricted to Sri Lanka, and S. lord is restricted to Madagascar.
Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

Sicyopus auxilimentus Watson & Kottelat, 1994
Sicyopus cebuensis I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1998
Sicyopus discordipinnis Watson, 1995
Sicyopus exallisquamulus Watson & Kottelat, 2006
Sicyopus jonklaasi H. R. Axelrod, 1972 (Lipstick goby)
Sicyopus lord Keith, Marquet & Taillebois, 2011 (Lord's sicyopus)
Sicyopus multisquamatus de Beaufort, 1912
Sicyopus nigriradiatus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993
Sicyopus rubicundus Keith, Hadiaty, Busson & Hubert, 2014 [1]
Sicyopus zosterophorus Bleeker, 1856

References

Keith, P., Hadiaty, R., Busson, F. & Hubert, N. (2014): A new species of Sicyopus (Gobiidae) from Java and Bali. Cybium, 38 (3): 173-178.

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