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Sicydium adelum Bussing, 1996

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Sicydium: Greek, sika, sikya = cucumber ; diminutive (Ref. 45335); adelum: From the greek adelos meaning unseen, unknown, obscure, in reference to its similar appearance to the syntopic S. altum.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 22°C - 31°C (Ref. 36880)

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Central America: Atlantic slope of Costa Rica: Parismina drainage southward to Sixaloa drainage.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36880)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 26. Premaxillary teeth tricuspid without overlying papillae, lateral cusps much longer than median cusp; enameloid crown short; 61-78 teeth on each premaxilla; mouth narrow; longitudinal scales 61-68; transverse scales 20-23.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits creeks and rivers between sea level and 1180 m elevation, usually present in rapids or riffles of high current velocity. Always stuck to rocks or hidden between stones. Ingests great quantities of mud, diatoms and filamentous algae that it scrapes from the substratum (Ref. 36880).

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Bussing, W.A., 1996. Sicydium adelum, a new species of gobiid fish (Pisces: Gobiidae) from atlantic slope streams of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 44(2):819-825. (Ref. 38402)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 28 February 2020

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 = 0.5000   [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).
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).