Sicydium plumieri

Sicydium plumieri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Sicydium
Species:	S. plumieri
Binomial name
Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
Synonyms[2]
Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786 Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786 Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860 Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884 Sicydium vincente D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898 Sicydium caguitae Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899

Sicydium plumieri (Spanish vernacular: Olivo, Cetí; English vernacular: Sirajo Goby) is a freshwater species of the goby native to the Antilles from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, though not recorded from all islands. This species can reach a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL.^[2] It is also known by the English common names sirajo, Plumier's stone-biting goby, and tri-tri goby.^[3] The young, which are regarded as a delicacy, are of commercial importance. The specific name honours Charles Plumier (1646-1704), a Franciscan friar and naturalist, who found the first specimens of the species on Martinique and Marcus Elieser Bloch based his species description on Plumier's drawings.^[4]

References

1. Murdy, E. & Van Tassell, J.L. (2010). "Sicydium plumieri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155188A4739603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155188A4739603.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sicydium plumieri". FishBase. June 2013 version.
3. Sicydium plumieri (Bloch, 1786); Taxonomic Serial No.: 171959. ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 August 2018.