The Sicydiinae are a small subfamily (about 118 species) of freshwater gobies, with only nine genera.[1] They are usually found in fast-moving mountain streams in tropical islands. They are characterized by highly developed rounded suction discs and an amphidromous lifecycle. Adult lengths range from 2 to 15 cm (0.79 to 5.91 in).[2][3][4] Some species are popular in the aquarium trade.[5] The genera included under Sicydiinae are:[6]
| Sicydiinae | |
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| Sicyopterus japonicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Sicydiinae T. N. Gill, 1860 |
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References
edit- ^ Keith, P.; Marquet, G.; Taillebois, L. (2011). "Discovery of the freshwater genus Sicyopus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) in Madagascar, with a description of a new species and comments on regional dispersal". Journal of Natural History. 45 (43–44): 2725. Bibcode:2011JNatH..45.2725K. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.602479.
- ^ Ronald E. Watson & Maurice Kottelat (2006). "Two new freshwater gobies from Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 17 (2): 121–128.
- ^ Ronald E. Watson; Philippe Keith & Gérard Marquet (2007). "Akihito vanuatu, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific" (PDF). Cybium. 31 (3): 341&–349.
- ^ Keith, P.; Lord, C. (2011). "Systematics of Sicydiinae". In Kapoor, B. G. (ed.). The Biology of Gobies. p. 119. doi:10.1201/b11397-11. ISBN 978-1-57808-436-4.
- ^ Tony H.M. Nip (2010). "First records of several sicydiine gobies (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from mainland China" (PDF). JoTT Communication. 2 (11): 1237–1244.
- ^ James Van Tassell. "Sicydiinae". Gobiidae Research Institute. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
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