Stiphodon
| Stiphodon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Sicydiinae |
| Genus: | Stiphodon M. C. W. Weber, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Stiphodon semoni M. C. W. Weber, 1895 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Vailima Jordan & Seale, 1906 | |
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 lives in Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Palau, French Polynesia, China, Cook Islands, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea and Philippines.
These are small gobies with bodies squarish in cross section. A female of S. aureorostrum with a standard length of 60.3 mm is the largest Stiphodon individual on record.[1]
Species
There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:
- Stiphodon alcedo Maeda, Mukai & Tachihara, 2012
- Stiphodon allen Watson, 1996 (Allen's stiphodon)
- Stiphodon annieae Keith & Hadiaty, 2015 [2]
- Stiphodon astilbos Ryan, 1986
- Stiphodon atratus Watson, 1996 (Black stiphodon)
- Stiphodon atropurpureus Herre, 1927
- Stiphodon aureorostrum I. S. Chen & H. H. Tan, 2005
- Stiphodon birdsong Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon caeruleus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993
- Stiphodon carisa Watson, 2008 (Lampung hill-stream goby)
- Stiphodon discotorquatus Watson, 1995
- Stiphodon elegans Steindachner, 1879
- Stiphodon hydroreibatus Watson, 1999
- Stiphodon imperiorientis Watson & I. S. Chen, 1998
- Stiphodon julieni Keith, Watson & Marquet, 2002
- Stiphodon kalfatak Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2007 (Kalfatak's stiphodon)
- Stiphodon larson Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon maculidorsalis Maeda & H. H. Tan, 2013 [3]
- Stiphodon martenstyni Watson, 1998
- Stiphodon mele Keith, Marquet & Pouilly, 2009 (Mele's stiphodon)
- Stiphodon multisquamus H. L. Wu & Y. Ni, 1986
- Stiphodon niraikanaiensis Maeda, 2013 [4]
- Stiphodon oatea Keith, Feunteun & Vigneux, 2010
- Stiphodon ornatus Meinken, 1974
- Stiphodon pelewensis Herre, 1936
- Stiphodon percnopterygionus Watson & I. S. Chen, 1998
- Stiphodon pulchellus Herre, 1927
- Stiphodon rubromaculatus Keith & Marquet, 2007
- Stiphodon rutilaureus Watson, 1996 (Golden-red stiphodon)
- Stiphodon sapphirinus Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2005 (Sapphire stiphodon)
- Stiphodon semoni M. C. W. Weber, 1895
- Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat, 1995
- Stiphodon tuivi Watson, 1995
- Stiphodon weberi Watson, G. R. Allen & Kottelat, 1998
- Stiphodon zebrinus Watson, G. R. Allen & Kottelat, 1998
References
- ↑ Chen, I.S. & Tan, H.H. (2005): A new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Stiphodon) from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 237-242.
- ↑ Keith, P. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2015): Stiphodon annieae, a new species of freshwater goby from Indonesia (Gobiidae). Cybium, 38 (4)[2014]: 267-272.
- ↑ Maeda, K. & Tan, H.H. (2013): Review of Stiphodon (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from western Sumatra, with description of a new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (2): 749–761.
- ↑ Maeda, K. (2013): Stiphodon niraikanaiensis, a new species of sicydiine goby from Okinawa Island (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae). Ichthyological Research, 61 (2): 99-107.