Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Current distribution known : a widely distributed species that has been recorded throughout the Indo-Pacific from the Indian Ocean to northern and western Asia, and east to French Polynesia. In the Indian Ocean, from Comoros to Mascarene Islands .
  • Habitat / home range : marine; freshwater; brackish. As adults, this species inhabits fast-flowing clear rainforest streams with rocky substrates, from 0-600 m altitude .
  • Reproduction : reproduction takes place in rivers, with larvae drifting downstream to the sea where they spend about 131 days. They appear in estuaries and wait some time for the post-larval metamorphosis to take place (jaws, fins and pelvic fins transform) before moving upstream into fresh waters .
  • Size : 130 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Gobius caeruleus Lacépède (ex Commerson Ms), 1800: 560. Type locality: "embouchures des fleuves de l'isle de la Réunion". No type specimen.
    • Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770: 14, pl. 2, fig. 6-7. Type locality: Ravine St. Gilles, Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype: SMF 28571. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999: 523 is invalid.
    • Gobius lienardi Bleeker, 1875: 77. Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known.