Lampung Hill-stream Goby
📖 Overview
Stiphodon carisa is collected over gravel in a wide, shallow medium-sized river with gravel riffles and sandy runs .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Predorsal scales sexually dimorphic in number: male with 5-11 and female with 8-16; slightly embedded cycloid scales present on belly. Male with a triangular-shaped first-dorsal fin with third and/or fourth spines longest but not filamentous and a patch of white fatty tissue posterior to pectoral-fin base. Female usually with 5 (4-5) dusky to blackish blotches or spots along lateral midline from second-dorsal fin with usually 4 (3-4) posterior-most spots positioned close together on caudal peduncle, dusky band extending from anterior to eye to upper hypural base usually indistinct posterior to pectoral-fin base, with or without a dusky or black gular blotch, and in some females xanthism exists which fades in preservation and in life yellow with orange to bright red markings .: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Lampung Hill-stream Goby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Lampung Hill-stream Goby is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Lampung Hill-stream Goby is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; amphidromous. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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