Sicyopterus lagocephalus

Sicyopterus lagocephalus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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]

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