Lipstick goby

Sicyopus jonklaasi, the lipstick goby, is a species of goby endemic to Sri Lanka where they occur in rocky hill streams of swift-flowing water. They having sucking discs on their undersides with which they adhere to the sides of rocks. Newly hatched larvae are washed to the sea by heavy flows brought on by rains and mature there before returning to the streams. This species can reach a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Lipstick goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Sicyopus
Species:
S. jonklaasi
Binomial name
Sicyopus jonklaasi
Synonyms
  • Gobius jonklaasi H. R. Axelrod, 1972
  • Sicyopus jonklaasi Klausewitz & Henrich, 1986

References

  1. Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2019). "Sicyopus jonklaasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20200A150838956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T20200A150838956.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Sicyopus jonklaasi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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