Stiphodon
Stiphodon is a genus of amphidromous freshwater gobies. They inhabit swift, clear streams close to the sea and are found in large parts of Asia and Oceania. Many of the 30 currently recognized species have extremely restricted distributions on single islands or even single streams. the fish are common around Japan, Samoa, Cook Island and the Philippines.
These are small gobies with bodies squarish in cross section. A female of Stiphodon aureorostrum (described in 2005) with a standard length of 60.3 mm is the largest Stiphodon individual on record[1].
Species
New species are being described at a rate of about one every two years.[2]
- Stiphodon alleni Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon astilbos Ryan, 1986
- Stiphodon atratus Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon atropurpureus (Herre, 1927)
- Stiphodon aureorostrum
- Stiphodon birdsong Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon caeruleus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993
- Stiphodon carisa – Lampung Hill-stream Goby R.Watson, 2008
- Stiphodon discotorquatus Watson, 1995
- Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner, 1879)
- Stiphodon hydroreibatus Watson, 1999
- Stiphodon imperiorientis Watson & Chen, 1998
- Stiphodon julieni Keith, Watson & Marquet, 2002
- Stiphodon kalfatak – Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2007
- Stiphodon larson Watson, 1996
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- Stiphodon martenstyni Watson, 1998
- Stiphodon multisquamus Wu & Ni, 1986
- Stiphodon olivaceus Watson & Kottelat, 1995
- Stiphodon ornatus Meinken, 1974
- Stiphodon pelewensis Herre, 1936
- Stiphodon percnopterygionus Watson & Chen, 1998
- Stiphodon rubromaculatus Keith & Marquet, 2007
- Stiphodon rutilaureus Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon sapphirinus Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2005
- Stiphodon semoni Weber, 1895
- Stiphodon stevensoni (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
- Stiphodon surrufus
- Stiphodon tuivi Watson, 1995
- Stiphodon weberi Watson, Allen & Kottelat, 1998
- Stiphodon zebrinus Watson, Allen & Kottelat, 1998
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- ^ Chen & Tan (2005)
- ^ FishBase (2006)
References
- Chen, I-Shiung & Tan, Heok Hui (2005): A new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Stiphodon) from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 237-242. PDF fulltext
- FishBase (2006): Stiphodon species. Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-JUL-18.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Stiphodon elegans" in FishBase. April 2006 version.