Parasicydium bandama
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Sicydiinae |
| Genus: | Parasicydium Risch, 1980 |
| Species: | P. bandama
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| Parasicydium bandama Risch, 1980
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Parasicydium bandama is a species of goby native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and the Ivory Coast.[1] This species grows to a length of 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The genus refers to this species resemblance to members of the genus Sicydium while the specific name is the name of the Bandama River in the Ivory Coast where the type specimen was collected.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Awaïss, A.; Lalèyè, P. & Moelants, T. (2010). "Parasicydium bandama". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T169407A6619612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169407A6619612.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parasicydium bandama". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ 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.
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