Species: Sicydium buscki, Busck’s Stonebiting Goby, Busck’s stone-biting goby

head blunt, depressed
C base: dark bar/spot

Sicydium buscki Evermann & Clark, 1906
Busck’s stone-biting goby
Body elongate, square in cross-section, back broad and flat to slightly concave; head blunt, somewhat depressed; mouth opening angled downwards, overhung by snout, with thick lips; inside top lip with a papillae covered ridge; top teeth long and narrow, widely spaced, with tip curved, flattened and facing forwards, with a narrow longitudinal groove down its center, spatula like (but notched when worn), in 1 row of 25-50; lower teeth canine-like in male (1-8), conical in female (1-6), in a single row; dorsal and anal fins separate from tail fin; dorsal fin VI + I, 10 (9-10), 1st dorsal higher in adults, with spines 3-4 filamentous in males; anal fin I, 10 (9-11), directly opposite 2nd dorsal fin; pelvic fins united in a broad oval disc that is mostly fused to belly by membrane, with 6 stout radiating ridges on its bottom; pectoral rays 21 (19-22); tail fin rounded, 13-14 (11-16); scales small, 55-60 (49-71) lateral scales; scales rough along sides of body, upper and lower scales smooth; head, breast, pectoral base and belly scaleless.
Preserved fish tan; head with a dark bar from eye to rear of top lip; usually 6 broad dark bars on side of body, darker above; tail fin base with a dark bar or circular spot; 1st dorsal fin dusky, 2nd dorsal with black margin; anal fin with black edge in male; juveniles with stronger dark markings.
Reaches 9.5 cm.
Lives in streams, but enters brackish water.
Depth range: 0-2 m?
Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.

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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Freshwater
- Estuary
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Herbivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s) only
- Antilles endemic
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 2