Lipstick goby
| Lipstick goby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Sicyopus |
| Species: | S. jonklaasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sicyopus jonklaasi (H. R. Axelrod, 1972)
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Sicyopus jonklaasi, the lipstick goby, is a species of goby endemic to Sri Lanka where they occur in rocky hill streams of swift-flowing water. They having sucking discs on their undersides with which they adhere to the sides of rocks. Newly hatched larvae are washed to the sea by heavy flows brought on by rains and mature there before returning to the streams. This species can reach a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2019). "Sicyopus jonklaasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20200A150838956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T20200A150838956.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Sicyopus jonklaasi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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