Sicydium punctatum
No common name
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Sicydium
Sicydium punctatum
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal.
Distribution
Martinique, Venezuela, Panama, Dominica.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. benthopelagic.
Biology
To 8 cm.
Found abundant in rivers of coastal volcanic topography (Ref. 12113). Adults spawn in rivers with coarse substrate, building nests under stones (Ref. 33036).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; guarders (nesters). Excavates nests below the gravel bottom. Male provides most of the parental care. Newly hatched larve emerge from nests upon hatching and enter the river plankton. They migrate to the sea where they stay for 50-150 days before re-entering the rivers as postlarvae.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2011-03-24. Resilience: Low (Assuming Tmax is > 11 (Bell, pers. comm.).).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial.
References
Bell, K.N.I. (1994) Life cycle, early life history, fisheries and recruitment dynamics of diadromous gobies of Dominica, W.I., emphasising Sicydium punctatum Perugia. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Ph.D. Thesis. 101 p.
Kullander, S.O. (2003) Gobiidae (Gobies). p. 657-665. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
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