''Sicyopterus calliochromus'' is a species of

goby The Gobioidei are a suborder of percomorph fish. Many of these fishes are called gobies. It is by far the largest and most diverse order within the order Gobiiformes, and one of the most diverse groups of ray-finned fish in general. The subord ...

in the family

Oxudercidae Oxudercidae is a family of gobies which consists of four subfamilies which were formerly classified under the family Gobiidae. The family is sometimes called the Gobionellidae, but Oxudercidae has priority. The species in this family have a cosmo ...

, or alternatively,

Gobiidae Gobiidae or gobies is a family (biology), family of bony fish in the order (biology), order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genus, genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typ ...

. It is only known from the waters of the Tirawiwa River, which is a major tributary of the

Wapoga River The Wapoga River is a river in northern New Guinea, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is a tributary of the Warenai River. The Wapoga River basin and surrounding mountains were surveyed by a team of scientists organized by Conservation International i ...

, which in turn flows into the eastern edge of

Cenderawasih Bay Cenderawasih Bay (, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay () and formerly Geelvink Bay (), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia. Geography ''Cenderawasih Bay'' is a lar ...

, in the Papua Province in Indonesia.

Description

''Sicyopterus calliochromus'' can reach a

standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is ...

of .

References

calliochromus Freshwater fish of Western New Guinea Endemic fauna of New Guinea Endemic fauna of Indonesia Taxa named by Philippe Keith Taxa named by Gerald R. Allen Taxa named by Clara Lord Fish described in 2012 {{Oxudercidae-stub