Bichique
Sicyopterus lagocephalus
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and November
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Sicyopterus lagocephalus, the red-tailed goby or blue stream goby, is a species of goby native to islands of the Indian Ocean from the Comoros to the Mascarene Islands to the Pacific Ocean where it reaches French Polynesia and can be found as far north as Japan. It is an amphidromous species: adults can be found in swift-flowing streams with rocky beds but the eggs hatch at sea and the larval stage remains in marine waters, migrating to freshwaters when they reach the postlarval stage. This species can reach a total length of 13 cm (5 in). In some places it is an important species for local consumption with the post-larvae being caught as they mass in estuaries.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bichique, Blue Stream Goby, Rabbithead Cling-goby, Red-tailed goby
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Bichique, Cabot bouche ronde, Cabot à tête de lièvre, Sicyoptère à bec de lièvre, Cabot à tête de lièvre, Cabot bouche-ronde, Cabot à tête de lièvre (adulte), Bichique (jeune), Sicyoptère à bec de lièvre
- Japanese
- Ruribozuhaze, ルリボウズハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 兔頭瓢鰭鰕虎, 兔頭瓢鰭鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Awavus lienardi, Bryanina inana, Gobius caeruleus, Gobius jonklaasi, Gobius lagocephalus, Gobius lienardi, Sicydium gymnauchen, Sicydium lagocephalum, Sicydium lagocephalus, Sicydium taeniurum, Sicyopterus caeruleus, Sicyopterus extraneus, Sicyopterus gymnauchen, Sicyopterus taeniurus, Sicyopterus tauae, Sicyopus jonklaasi
Similar species
- Threadfin Goby
Sicyopterus longifilis
Eyebar gobyGnatholepis cauerensis
- Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
- Light-beige Goby
Acanthogobius lactipes
- Anjer Eye-bar Goby
Gnatholepis anjerensis
- Barred mudskipper
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,434 open-data records from 1902 to 2021.
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