After Sparks & D. W. Nelson, 2004, with other Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“FishBase”]
<==o Sicyopterus [28] |-- S. caeruleus (Commerson, in Lacépède, 1800) [=? S. laticeps (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)] |-- S. caudimaculatus Maugé, Marquet & Laboute, 1992 |-- S. crassus Herre, 1927 |-- S. cynocephalus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Cleft-lipped goby) |-- S. eudentatus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993 |-- S. extraneus Herre, 1927 |-- S. fasciatus (Day, 1874) |-- S. fuliag Herre, 1927 |-- S. franouxi (Pellegrin, 1935) |-- S. griseus (Day, 1877) |-- S. gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1858) |-- S. hageni Popta, 1921 (Hagen's goby) |-- S. halei (Day, 1888) (Red-tailed goby) |-- S. japonicus (Tanaka, 1909) |-- S. lacrymosus Herre, 1927 |-- S. laticeps (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) [=? S. caeruleus (Commerson, in Lacépède, 1800)] |-- S. lividus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993 |-- S. longifilis de Beaufort, 1912 (Threadfin goby) |-- S. macrostetholepis (Bleeker, 1853) |-- S. marquesensis Fowler, 1932 |-- S. microcephalus (Bleeker, 1854) |-- S. micrurus (Bleeker, 1853) (Clinging goby) |-- S. ouwensi Weber, 1913 (Ouwen's goby) |-- S. parvei (Bleeker, 1853) |-- S. pugnans (Ogilvie-Grant, 1884) |-- S. punctissimus Sparks & D. W. Nelson, 2004 [synonyms] |-- S. rapa Parenti & Maciolek, 1996 |-- S. sarasini Weber & de Beaufort, 1915 |-- S. stimpsoni (Gill, 1860) (Stimpson's goby) |-- S. taeniurus (Günther, 1877) `?- S. sp. [Comoros Islands] [ Sparks & D. W. Nelson, 2004]
Reference(s):
- Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Sparks, J. S. & Nelson, D. W., 2004: Review of the Malagasy Sicydiine Gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with Description of a New Species and Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770.
–American Museum Novitates: Vol. #3440, pp. 1-20