Smilosicyopus pentecost, Pentecost Sicyopus

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Smilosicyopus pentecost (Keith, Lord & Taillebois, 2010)

Pentecost Sicyopus
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: pentecost: Named for its type locality, Pentacost Island in Vanuatu; noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous; depth range ? - 5 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical

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Oceania: Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Ref 85524 and Ref. 87781).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85524); 4.3 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. This species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral rays 15; upper jaw with numerous teeth (21-26); less lateral scale series (14-29) and zigzag series (11-14); second dorsal fin in females long; caudal peduncle short; head blackish, dorsally with blackish band extending from the tip of snout and upper lip, under the eye to the posterior edge of operculum and pectoral base; blackish band extends from the back of the eye to the dorsal part of pectoral fin base and to caudal fin along midline (Ref. 85524).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species is found in clear, high gradient streams with rocky bottom. It lives on the bottom, on top of rocks, and often seen swimming in open water in the current between rocks or in large pools. Like its congeners, it is presumed to spawn in freshwater, the free embryos drift downstream to the sea where these undergo a planktonic phase, and before returning to the rivers to grow and reproduce (Ref. 85524).

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Keith, P., C. Lord and L. Taillebois, 2010. Sicyopus (Smilosicyopus) pentecost, a new species of freshwater goby from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). Cybium 34(3):303-310. (Ref. 85524)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 September 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).