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Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770)

Red-tailed goby
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Sri Lanka country information

Common names: Red-tailed goby
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from rocky pools in Kuruwita and the middle reaches of the Sitawaka River, upstream of Karawanella. Also recorded from the Kanneliya Forest Reserve (Gin basin). Population is under threat due to dowstream impoundment and siltation (Ref. 11966). Also Ref. 4833.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bichique, Sicyoptère à bec de lièvre, Kora, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Sicyopterus: Greek, sika, sikya = cucumber + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

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


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