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Species of fish

Stiphodon elegans
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  • Vailima stevensoni D.S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Stiphodon stevensoni (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

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

  1. ^ Boseto, D. (2012). "Stiphodon elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T196396A2453196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196396A2453196.en.
  2. 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
Stiphodon elegans


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