Sicyopterus squamosissimus

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Sicyopterus squamosissimus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Sicyopterus
Species:
S. squamosissimus
Binomial name
Sicyopterus squamosissimus

Sicyopterus squamosissimus is a species of fish in the goby family Oxudercidae. It is found off the islands of Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. [1]

Description

Sicyopterus squamosissimus can reach a standard length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in). [2]

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References

  1. Keith, P., Lord, C., Busson, F., Sauri, S., Hubert, N. & Hadiaty, R. (2015): A new species of Sicyopterus (Gobiidae) from Indonesia. Cybium, 39 (4): 243-248.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Sicyopterus squamosissimus" in FishBase . June 2013 version.