Sicydium punctatum és una espècie de peix de la família dels gòbids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 8 cm de longitud total.FishBase Kullander, S.O., 2003. Gobiidae (Gobies). p. 657-665. A: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander i C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

Hàbitat És un peix de clima tropical (22 °C-27 °C) i demersal.Baensch, H.A. i R. Riehl, 1997: Aquarien Atlas, Band 5. Mergus Verlag, Melle, Alemanya. 1148 p.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a l'Atlàntic occidental central: Veneçuela, Dominica,Bell, K.N.I., P. Pepin i J.A. Brown, 1995. Seasonal, inverse cycling of length- and age-at-recruitment in the diadromous gobies Sicydium punctatum and Sicydium antillarum in Dominica, West Indies. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52:1535-1545.Bell, K.N.I. i J.A. Brown, 1995. Active salinity choice and enhanced swimming endurance in 0 to 8-d-old larvae of diadromous gobies, including Sicydium punctatum (Pisces), in Dominica, West Indies. Mar. Biol. 121:409-417.Bell, K.N.I., 1994. Life cycle, early life history, fisheries and recruitment dynamics of diadromous gobies of Dominica, W.I., emphasising Sicydium punctatum Perugia. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Terranova, Canadà. Tesi doctoral. 101 p. Jamaica, Martinica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad i Tobago, i Panamà.Murdy, E.O. i D.F. Hoese, 2002. Gobiidae. Gobies. p. 1781-1796. A: K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae).Claro, R. i L.R. Parenti, 2001. The marine ichthyofauna of Cuba. p. 21-57. A: Claro, R., K.C. Lindeman i L.R. Parenti (eds) Ecology of the marine fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington i Londres. 253p.Kenny, J.S., 1995. Views from the bridge: a memoir on the freshwater fishes of Trinidad. Julian S. Kenny, Maracas, St. Joseph, Trinidad i Tobago. 98 p.Lim, P., Meunier, F.J., Keith, P. i Noël, P.Y., 2002. Atlas des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce de la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, París. Patrimoines Naturels, 51: 120p.Ramjohn, D.D. 1999. Checklist of coastal and marine fishes of Trinidad and Tobago. Marine Fishery Analysis Unit, Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad i Tobago. Fisheries Information Series 8, 151 p.

Observacions És inofensiu per als humans.

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Ogilvie-Grant, W. R., 1884: A revision of the fishes of the genera Sicydium and Lentipes, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1884 (pt 2): 153-172, Pls. 11-12. Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p. Watson, R. E., 2000: Sicydium from the Dominican Republic with description of a new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). Núm. 608: 1-31.

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