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Sicydium

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Genus of fishes For the genus of plants, see Sicydium (plant).

Sicydium
Sicydium plumieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sicydium". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Sicydium


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