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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Sicyopterus: Greek, sika, sikya = cucumber + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Paul Benedikt Sarasin (1856–1929) and Karl Friederich ‘Fritz’ Sarasin (1859–1942) were cousins. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Weber & deBeaufort.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic; depth range ? - 5 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
Oceania: New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. ); 7.5 cm SL (female)
Max. length (Christine Pöllabauer, pers. comm., 2001).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Marquet, G. and N. Mary, 1999. Comments on some new Caledonian freshwater fishes of economical and biogeographical interest. p. 29-39. In Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997 [Séret B. & J.-Y. Sire, eds]. Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997. (Ref. 37398)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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