Stiphodon hydoreibatus

Stiphodon hydoreibatus Watson, 1999

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Stiphodon: Greek, stiphos, -eos, -oys = mass + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); hydoreibatus: From the Greek hydor, meaning water, and oreibates, meaning mountain climber, this alludes to the ability of the species to ascend waterfalls. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; amphidromous. Tropical

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Oceania: Samoa Archipelago and Futuna (Ref. 87775).

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Maturity: Lm ?, range 2 - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 32995); 2.7 cm SL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10. Second dorsal fin with 9 segmented rays, first dorsal din with spines 3 and 4 filamentous in males; pectoral fin usually with 14 rays; scales extend ventral to first dorsal fin and usually widely spaced anteriorly; predorsal midline usually naked in males and with few cycloid scales anterior to first dorsal fin origin in females; rakers absent from inner edge of outer gill arch; males with a dusky ring on pelvic disk, dorsal to midline and on caudal peduncle with 2 to 4 rows of whitish spots; females with dusky lateral bands, not blackish.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in clear, swift streams, sometimes close to the sea. Collected also above a waterfalls.

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Watson, R.E., 1999. Stiphodon hydoreibatus, a new species of freshwater goby from Samoa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 10(1):89-95. (Ref. 32995)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 29 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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