Sicyopterus squamosissimus

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Sicyopterus
Species: Sicyopterus squamosissimus

Name

Sicyopterus squamosissimus Keith et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZB 22716.
• Paratypes: MZB 22717 (0, 1); MNHN 2014-148 (0, 1), 2014-149 (4, 2).

Type locality: Kabupaten Sukabumi, Citiis, West Java, Indonesia.

Etymology: The name of the species refers to the high numbers of scales compared to its congeners having two lateral clefts on crenulated upper lip, a second dorsal fin I10 and second and third rays of the first dorsal fin filamentous.

References

• Keith, P., Busson, F., Sauri, S., Hubert, N. & Hadiaty, R. 2015. A new Stiphodon (Gobiidae) from Indonesia / Une espèce nouvelle de Stiphodon (Gobiidae) d’Indonésie. Cybium 39(3): 219–225. Abstract (PDF)Reference page.