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Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770)

Red-tailed goby
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Reunion Island [La] (La Réunion) country information

Common names: Bichique, Cabot à tête de lièvre, Cabot bouche ronde
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Larvae subject of intense fishery during their migration from the sea to freshwater (Ref. 79840). Also Ref. 4343, 11344, 13246, 33390.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/re.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bichique, Sicyoptère à bec de lièvre, Kora, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Sicyopterus: Greek, sika, sikya = cucumber + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 48660); depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 42°N - 26°S, 42°E - 128°W

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