Stiphodon elegans

Stiphodon elegans is a species of freshwater goby. It is found in Polynesia, from Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Cook Islands and French Polynesia.[1] It occurs in clear, fast flowing streams in rainforest near the coast and it feeds on algae.[2]

Stiphodon elegans

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Stiphodon
Species:
S. elegans
Binomial name
Stiphodon elegans
(Steindachner, 1879)
Synonyms

Sicydium elegans Steindachner, 1879

  • Vailima stevensoni D.S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Stiphodon stevensoni (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

References
  1. Boseto, D. (2012). "Stiphodon elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T196396A2453196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196396A2453196.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Stiphodon elegans" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  • Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p


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