Stiphodon

Taxobox
name = "Stiphodon"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
superclassis = Osteichthyes
classis = Actinopterygii
subclassis = Neopterygii
infraclassis = Teleostei
superordo = Acanthopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Gobioidei
familia = Gobiidae
subfamilia = Sicydiinae
genus = "Stiphodon"
genus_authority = Weber, 1895
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =30, see text

"Stiphodon" is a genus of amphidromous freshwater gobies. They inhabit swift, clear streams close to the sea and are found in large parts of Asia and Oceania. Many of the 30 currently recognized species have extremely restricted distributions on single islands or even single streams. the fish are common around Japan, Samoa, Cook Island and the Philippines.

These are small gobies with bodies squarish in cross section. A female of "Stiphodon aureorostrum" (described in 2005) with a standard length of 60.3 mm is the largest "Stiphodon" individual on record [Chen & Tan (2005)] .

pecies

New species are being described at a rate of about one every two years. [FishBase (2006)]

*"Stiphodon alleni" Watson, 1996
*"Stiphodon astilbos" Ryan, 1986
*"Stiphodon atratus" Watson, 1996
*"Stiphodon atropurpureus" (Herre, 1927)
*"Stiphodon aureorostrum"
*"Stiphodon birdsong" Watson, 1996
*"Stiphodon caeruleus" Parenti & Maciolek, 1993
*"Stiphodon carisa" – Lampung Hill-stream Goby R.Watson, 2008
* "Stiphodon discotorquatus" Watson, 1995
* "Stiphodon elegans" (Steindachner, 1879)
* "Stiphodon hydroreibatus" Watson, 1999
* "Stiphodon imperiorientis" Watson & Chen, 1998
* "Stiphodon julieni" Keith, Watson & Marquet, 2002
* "Stiphodon kalfatak" – Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2007
* "Stiphodon larson" Watson, 1996
* "Stiphodon martenstyni" Watson, 1998
* "Stiphodon multisquamus" Wu & Ni, 1986
* "Stiphodon olivaceus" Watson & Kottelat, 1995
* "Stiphodon ornatus" Meinken, 1974
* "Stiphodon pelewensis" Herre, 1936
* "Stiphodon percnopterygionus" Watson & Chen, 1998
* "Stiphodon rubromaculatus" Keith & Marquet, 2007
* "Stiphodon rutilaureus" Watson, 1996
* "Stiphodon sapphirinus" Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2005
* "Stiphodon semoni" Weber, 1895
* "Stiphodon stevensoni" (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
* "Stiphodon surrufus"
* "Stiphodon tuivi" Watson, 1995
* "Stiphodon weberi" Watson, Allen & Kottelat, 1998
* "Stiphodon zebrinus" Watson, Allen & Kottelat, 1998

Footnotes

References

* (2005): A new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae: "Stiphodon") from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. "Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 53(2): 237-242. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/53/53rbz237-242.pdf PDF fulltext]
* (2006): [http://fishbase.se/NomenClature/ValidNameList.cfm?criteria=SYNONYMS.SynGenus+%3D+%27Stiphodon%27++AND+SYNONYMS.SynSpecies+like+%27%25%25%27+&vtitle=Scientific+Names+where+genus+equals+%3Ci%3EStiphodon%3C%2Fi%3E "Stiphodon" species] . Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-JUL-18.
* http://www.fishbase.com/Country/CountryList.php?ID=22507&GenusName=Stiphodon&SpeciesName=elegans