''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the

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(Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Sicydium adelum ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' W. A. Bussing, 1996 * ''

Sicydium altum ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' Meek, 1907 * ''

Sicydium brevifile ''Sicydium brevifile'' is a species of goby from the subfamily Sicydiinae. It is an amphidromous endemic in western Cameroon and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea where the adults inhabit the clearwater streams of the volcanic islands and on t ...

'' Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 * ''

Sicydium buscki ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' Evermann & H. W. Clark, 1906 * ''

Sicydium bustamantei ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' Greeff, 1884 * ''

Sicydium cocoensis ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' ( Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) * ''

Sicydium crenilabrum ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' I. J. Harrison, 1993 * ''

Sicydium fayae ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' Brock, 1942 * ''

Sicydium gilberti ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

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, 2000 * ''

Sicydium gymnogaster ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 (Smoothbelly goby) * ''

Sicydium hildebrandi ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1918 * ''

Sicydium multipunctatum ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There are ...

'' Regan, 1906 (Multispotted goby) * ''

Sicydium plumieri ''Sicydium plumieri'' (Spanish vernacular: ''Olivo'', ''Ceti''; English vernacular: ''Sirajo Goby'') is a freshwater species of the goby native to the Antilles from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, though not recorded from all islands. This species ...

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, 1786) (Sirajo) * ''

Sicydium punctatum ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There ...

'' Perugia, 1896 (Spotted algae-eating goby) * ''

Sicydium rosenbergii ''Sicydium'' is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas (Central America, Mexico, Cocos Island, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) with a couple species native to Middle Africa. Species There ...

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, 1899) * '' Sicydium salvini'' Ogilvie-Grant, 1884

References

Sicydiinae {{Gobiiformes-stub