Stiphodon aureorostrum
| Stiphodon aureorostrum | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Sicydiinae |
| Genus: | Stiphodon |
| Species: | S. aureorostrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stiphodon aureorostrum I. S. Chen & H. H. Tan, 2005 | |
Stiphodon aureorostrum is a species of amphidromous freshwater goby native to Malaysia where it inhabits moderate to slow-flowing streams on the island of Tioman. The males of this species can reach a length of 5.3 centimetres (2.1 in) SL while the females, at a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) SL, represent the largest known members of the genus.[1]
The male is brightly coloured and has several distinctive features including greatly elongated dorsal fin rays, grey barring on the body, heavily spotted pectoral fins and a golden-yellow stripe on the snout. The female is more sombrely marked and is less easy to identify but it also has the distinctive yellow stripe on the snout.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stiphodon aureorostrum" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ 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