''Stiphodon elegans'' is a species of
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 ...
goby. It is found in
Polynesia, from
Wallis and Futuna,
Samoa,
Cook Islands and
French Polynesia
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[ It occurs in clear, fast flowing streams in rainforest near the coast and it feeds on algae.]
References
* Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p
elegans
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
Fish described in 1879
Freshwater fish of Oceania
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