Sicydium

Sicydium
Sicydium plumieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Sicydiinae
Genus:	Sicydium Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786
Synonyms
Oreogobius Boulenger, 1899 Sicya D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Sicyosus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Sicydium is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa.^[1]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Sicydium adelum W. A. Bussing, 1996
• Sicydium altum Meek, 1907
• Sicydium brevifile Ogilvie-Grant, 1884
• Sicydium buscki Evermann & H. W. Clark, 1906
• Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884
• Sicydium cocoensis (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
• Sicydium crenilabrum I. J. Harrison, 1993
• Sicydium fayae Brock, 1942
• Sicydium gilberti Watson, 2000
• Sicydium gymnogaster Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 (Smoothbelly goby)
• Sicydium hildebrandi C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
• Sicydium multipunctatum Regan, 1906 (Multispotted goby)
• Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786) (Sirajo)
• Sicydium punctatum Perugia, 1896 (Spotted algae-eating goby)
• Sicydium rosenbergii (Boulenger, 1899)
• Sicydium salvini Ogilvie-Grant, 1884

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