Stiphodon elegans | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Stiphodon |
Species: | S. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner, 1879) | |
Synonyms | |
Sicydium elegans Steindachner, 1879
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Stiphodon elegans is a species of freshwater goby. It is found in Polynesia, from Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Cook Islands and French Polynesia. It occurs in clear, fast flowing streams in rainforest near the coast and it feeds on algae.
References
- ^ Boseto, D. (2012). "Stiphodon elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T196396A2453196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196396A2453196.en.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stiphodon elegans". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p
Taxon identifiers | |
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Stiphodon elegans |
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