FB-63902 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63902 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Kurtiformes Apogonidae Apogon Apogon seminigracaudus Greenfield, 2007 Vanuatu's emperor L'empereur du Vanuatu 2008-06-02 2013-07-22 Watson, R.E., P. Keith and G. Marquet0 <i>Akihito vanuatu</i>, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3):341-349. (Ref. 75882) Miller, P.J.0 The tokology of gobioid fishes. p. 119-153. In Fish Reproduction: Strategies and Tactics. London: Academic Press. 383p. (Ref. 85622) Keith, P., G. Marquet, C. Lord, D. Kalfatak and E. Vigneux0 Poissons et crustacés d'eau douce du Vanuatu. Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Paris, France, Ed. (Ref. 87781) FB-GeneralDescr-63910 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-06-03 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63910 Inhabits swift, clear streams with rocky bottom; the species utilizes presence of heavy rains to migrate to the sea or to the river. The mature specimens were collected at an altitude of 300 m. Few specimens were found to have fed on aquatic insects and crustacean (Ref. 75882). Watson, R.E., P. Keith and G. Marquet 2007 <i>Akihito vanuatu</i>, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3):341-349. (Ref. 75882) FB-DiagnosticDescr-63910 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-06-16 00:00:00 2008-06-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63910 This species is characterized by the following; females with closely-set, slightly flexible tricuspid premaxillary teeth and 0-1 canine-like tooth at the posterior tip of the premaxilla; immature males with conical teeth posterior to tricuspid teeth; adult males with only fixed recurved conical to canine-like teeth; scales are much higher than long, along lateral midline between second dorsal and anal fins; few ctenoid scales midlaterally in males while only cycloid scales in females, and female scales are generally smaller than in males (Ref. 75882). Watson, R.E., P. Keith and G. Marquet 2007 <i>Akihito vanuatu</i>, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3):341-349. (Ref. 75882) FB-Morphology-63910 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-06-16 00:00:00 2008-06-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63910 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 10 Watson, R.E., P. Keith and G. Marquet 2007 <i>Akihito vanuatu</i>, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3):341-349. (Ref. 75882) FB-Distribution-63910 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-06-03 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63910 Oceania: Vanuatu. Watson, R.E., P. Keith and G. Marquet 2007 <i>Akihito vanuatu</i>, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3):341-349. (Ref. 75882) FB-Size-63910 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-06-03 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63910 4.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 75882)); 3.93 cm SL (female) Watson, R.E., P. Keith and G. Marquet 2007 <i>Akihito vanuatu</i>, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3):341-349. (Ref. 75882) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-63910 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-06-03 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63910 benthopelagic; freshwater