''Parasicydium bandama'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

goby Goby is a common name for many species of small to medium sized ray-finned fish, normally with large heads and tapered bodies, which are found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments. Traditionally most of the species called gobies have b ...

native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and the Ivory Coast. This species grows to a length of TL. This species is the only known member of its

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. The

refers to this species resemblance to members of the genus ''

Sicydium ''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 ...

'' while the specific name is the name of the Bandama River in the Ivory Coast where the

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was collected.

References

Sicydiinae Monotypic fish genera Taxa named by Luc M. Risch Fish described in 1980 {{Gobiiformes-stub