Sicyopterus lagocephalus

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Sicyopterus lagocephalus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Sicyopterus
Species: S. halei
Binomial name
Sicyopterus lagocephalus
(Pallas, 1770)
Synonyms
  • Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770
  • Sicydium lagocephalum (Pallas, 1770)
  • Sicydium lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770)
  • Gobius caeruleus Lacepède, 1800
  • Sicyopterus caeruleus (Lacepède, 1800)
  • Sicydium gymnauchen Bleeker, 1858
  • Sicyopterus gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1858)
  • Gobius lienardi Bleeker, 1875
  • Sicydium taeniurum Günther, 1877
  • Sicyopterus taeniurus (Günther, 1877)
  • Sicydium halei F. Day, 1888
  • Sicyopterus halei (F. Day, 1888)
  • Sicyopus halei (F. Day, 1888)
  • Sicyopterus tauae D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Sicyopterus extraneus Herre, 1927
  • Bryanina inana Fowler, 1932

Sicyopterus lagocephalus, the red-tailed goby, is a species of goby native to islands of the Indian Ocean from the Comoros to the Mascarenes to the Pacific Ocean where it reaches French Polynesia and can be found as far north as Japan. Adults can be found in swift-flowing streams with rocky beds. The eggs hatch at sea and the larval stage remains in marine waters, migrating to freshwaters when they reach the postlarval stage. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. It is an important species for local commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Boseto, D. 2012. Sicyopterus lagocephalus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sicyopterus lagocephalus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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