| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Sicydiinae |
| Max. size: |
5 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater, amphidromous |
| Distribution: |
Oceania: currently known only from Queensland, Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Inhabits clear, moderately fast-flowing water over substrates strewn with cobbles or boulders. One of two recently discovered Australian cling-gobies. They have modified pelvic fins, which form a sucking disk, enabling them to cling to rocks in the swiftest flowing streams (Ref. 44894). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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