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Stiphodon aureorostrum Chen & Tan, 2005

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Chen, I.-S. and H.H. Tan, 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, lower reaches of Sungai Keliling, Juara, ZRC 46412 (holotype of Stiphofon aureorostrum, 5.2 cm SL, male). Known only from the freshwater streams of Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia. Found in the lower reaches of Sungai Keliling, Juara Bay, eastern Tioman; however an individual was observed by ISC in the lower reaches of Sungai Paya on the western side of the island. Apparently rare in the type locality, which seems to be predominated by Glossogobius celebius (Ref. 58086).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chen, I.-S. and H.H. Tan, 2005
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Stiphodon: Greek, stiphos, -eos, -oys = mass + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335);  aureorostrum: Name from Latin 'aureus' meaning golden and 'rostrum' for snout, referring to the golden longitudinal band on the anterior and lateral aspects of snout on both sexes; noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; amphidromous.   Tropical

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