Biology:Stiphodon multisquamus

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Short description: Species of fish

Stiphodon multisquamus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Stiphodon
Species:
S. multisquamus
Binomial name
Stiphodon multisquamus
H. L. Wu & Y. Ni, 1986
Synonyms

Stiphodon aureorostrum Chen & Tan, 2005 [1]

Stiphodon multisquamus is a species of amphidromous freshwater goby found in Da Nang, Guangdong, southern Hainan, Okinawa Island and Pulau Tioman. This species can reach a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) SL represent the largest known members of the genus.[1]

Colour of live males variable. Body and fin markings similar to those of preserved specimens, but background yellowish grey to purplish; lateral sides of head yellowish grey to grey, often bluish. The female is more sombrely marked and is less easy to identify.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maeda, K., Tran, Hau Duc & Tan, H.H. (2015): Discovery of a substantial continental population of the subfamily Sicydiinae (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from Vietnam: Taxonomic revision of the genus Stiphodon from the western South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63: 246–258.

Wikidata ☰ Q3760973 entry