Stiphodon maculidorsalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Stiphodon
Species: Stiphodon maculidorsalis

Name

Stiphodon maculidorsalis Maeda & Tan, 2013

• Holotype: MZB 17213.
• Paratypes: ZRC 51822 (1, 3), 51836 (3), 51445 (1, 3).

Type locality: South Painan [1], West Sumatra Province, Sumatra.

Etymology: The specific name is a combination of the Latin words maculosus, meaning spotted, and dorsalis, meaning dorsal, referring to unique spotted dorsum on head and trunk in both sexes.

References

• Maeda, K. & Tan, H. H.; 2013: Review of Stiphodon (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from western Sumatra, with description of a new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (2): 749–761. PDF