''Sicydium'' is a

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native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the

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, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to

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Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Sicydium adelum'' W. A. Bussing, 1996 * '' Sicydium altum''

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, 1907 * '' Sicydium brevifile'' Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 * '' Sicydium buscki'' Evermann & H. W. Clark, 1906 * '' Sicydium bustamantei'' Greeff, 1884 * '' Sicydium cocoensis'' ( Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) * '' Sicydium crenilabrum'' I. J. Harrison, 1993 * '' Sicydium fayae'' Brock, 1942 * '' Sicydium gilberti'' Watson, 2000 * '' Sicydium gymnogaster'' Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 (Smoothbelly goby) * '' Sicydium hildebrandi'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1918 * '' Sicydium multipunctatum'' Regan, 1906 (Multispotted goby) * '' Sicydium plumieri'' (

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, 1786) (Sirajo) * '' Sicydium punctatum''

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, 1896 (Spotted algae-eating goby) * '' Sicydium rosenbergii'' ( Boulenger, 1899) * '' Sicydium salvini'' Ogilvie-Grant, 1884

References

Sicydiinae Ray-finned fish genera {{Oxudercidae-stub