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Stiphodon allen Watson, 1996 Allen's stiphodon |
| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Sicydiinae | |||
| Max. size: | 5 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater, amphidromous | |||
| Distribution: | Oceania: currently known only from Queensland, Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Inhabits clear, moderately fast-flowing water over substrates strewn with cobbles or boulders. One of two recently discovered Australian cling-gobies. They have modified pelvic fins, which form a sucking disk, enabling them to cling to rocks in the swiftest flowing streams (Ref. 44894). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||