Stiphodon aureorostrum

Taxobox
name = "Stiphodon aureorostrum"
status = NE
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Gobioidei
familia = Gobiidae
subfamilia = Sicydiinae
genus = "Stiphodon"
species = "S. aureorostrum"
binomial = "Stiphodon aureorostrum"
binomial_authority = Chen & Tan, 2005

"Stiphodon aureorostrum" is a species of amphidromous freshwater goby. It is only known from Tioman Island, Malaysia, and even here it does not appear to be a common species.

This species stands as something of a giant among the diminutive members of this genus with one female (standard length 60.3 mm) being the largest "Stiphodon" individual recorded. The male is brighly coloured and has several distinctive features including greatly elongated dorsal fin rays, grey barring on the body, heavily spotted pectoral fins and a golden-yellow stripe on the snout. The female is more sombrely marked and is less easy to identify but it also has the distinctive yellow stripe on the snout.

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]