''Stiphodon'' is a

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freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

gobies Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...

. They inhabit swift, clear streams close to the sea and are found in large parts of

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and

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. Many of the 36 currently recognized species have extremely restricted distributions on single islands or even single streams. These are small gobies with bodies squarish in cross section. A female of Stiphodon multisquamus with a

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of 60.4 mm is the largest ''Stiphodon'' individual on record.

Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus: * ''

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'' Maeda, Mukai & Tachihara, 2012 * '' Stiphodon allen'' R. E. Watson, 1996 (Allen's stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon annieae''

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& Hadiaty, 2015 Keith, P. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2015): ''Stiphodon annieae'', a new species of freshwater goby from Indonesia (Gobiidae). ''Cybium, 38 (4): 267-272.'' * '' Stiphodon astilbos'' P. A. Ryan, 1986 * '' Stiphodon atratus'' R. E. Watson, 1996 (Black stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon atropurpureus'' ( Herre, 1927) * '' Stiphodon aureofuscus''

, Busson, S. Sauri,

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& Hadiaty, 2015 Keith, P., Busson, F., Sauri, S., Hubert, N. & Hadiaty, R. (2015): A new ''Stiphodon'' (Gobiidae) from Indonesia. ''Cybium, 39 (3): 219-225.'' * '' Stiphodon birdsong'' R. E. Watson, 1996 * '' Stiphodon caeruleus'' Parenti & Maciolek, 1993 * '' Stiphodon carisa'' R. E. Watson, 2008 (Lampung hillstream goby) * '' Stiphodon discotorquatus'' R. E. Watson, 1995 * '' Stiphodon elegans'' ( Steindachner, 1879) * '' Stiphodon hydroreibatus'' R. E. Watson, 1999 * '' Stiphodon imperiorientis'' R. E. Watson & I. S. Chen, 1998 * '' Stiphodon julieni''

, R. E. Watson & Marquet, 2002 * '' Stiphodon kalfatak''

, Marquet & R. E. Watson, 2007 (Kalfatak's stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon larson'' R. E. Watson, 1996 * '' Stiphodon maculidorsalis'' Maeda & H. H. Tan, 2013 Maeda, K. & Tan, H.H. (2013)
Review of ''Stiphodon'' (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from western Sumatra, with description of a new species.
''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (2): 749–761.'' * '' Stiphodon martenstyni'' R. E. Watson, 1998 (Martenstyn's stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon mele''

, Marquet & Pouilly, 2009 (Mele's stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon multisquamus'' H. L. Wu & Y. Ni, 1986 Maeda, K., Tran Hau Duc & Tan, H.H. (2015): Discovery of a substantial continental population of the subfamily Sicydiinae (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from Vietnam: Taxonomic revision of the genus ''Stiphodon'' from the western South China Sea. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63: 246–258.'' * '' Stiphodon niraikanaiensis'' Maeda, 2013 Maeda, K. (2013): ''Stiphodon niraikanaiensis'', a new species of sicydiine goby from Okinawa Island (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae). ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (2): 99-107. '' * '' Stiphodon oatea''

, Feunteun & Vigneux, 2010 * '' Stiphodon ornatus'' Meinken, 1974 * '' Stiphodon palawanensis'' Maeda &

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, 2015 * '' Stiphodon pelewensis'' Herre, 1936 * '' Stiphodon percnopterygionus'' R. E. Watson & I. S. Chen, 1998 * '' Stiphodon pulchellus'' ( Herre, 1927) * '' Stiphodon rubromaculatus''

& Marquet, 2007 * '' Stiphodon rutilaureus'' R. E. Watson, 1996 (Golden-red stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon sapphirinus'' R. E. Watson,

& Marquet, 2005 (Sapphire stiphodon) * '' Stiphodon semoni'' M. C. W. Weber, 1895 * '' Stiphodon surrufus'' R. E. Watson &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 1995 * '' Stiphodon tuivi'' R. E. Watson, 1995 * '' Stiphodon weberi'' R. E. Watson, G. R. Allen &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 1998 * '' Stiphodon zebrinus'' R. E. Watson, G. R. Allen &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 1998

References

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