Sicydium

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]

Sicydium
Sicydium plumieri
Scientific classification
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

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]

gollark: Well, I'm sensitive to phones in that I can... perceive them.
gollark: Seems fine.
gollark: I mean, the worst thing radio/microwaves can do is... well, cook you, if you stand too near a high-powered transmitter, but otherwise not much!
gollark: Yes.
gollark: It'll be so diluted that any homeopath touching it will immediately die.

References

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


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