@article{PAR00004150,
  title = {{S}tiphodon mele n. sp., a new species of freshwater goby from {V}anuatu and {N}ew {C}aledonia ({T}eleostei, {G}obiidae, {S}icydiinae), and comments about amphidromy and regional dispersion},
  author = {{K}eith, {P}. and {M}arquet, {G}. and {P}ouilly, {M}arc},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}tiphodon mele n. sp. is described on the basis of material collected from {V}anuatu and {N}ew {C}aledonia. {I}t is distinguished from all other congeners in having 9 segmented rays in the second dorsal fin, usually 13 pectoral rays, 36-41 fine tricuspid premaxillary teeth, 2 small symphyseal teeth in female vs. 2-4 stout teeth in males, predorsal scales absent, and low number of scales in transverse back (3-7) and lateral series (14-21). {T}his newspecies spawns in freshwater, the free embryos drift downstream to the sea where they undergo a planktonic phase, before returning to the rivers to grow and reproduce: it is an amphidromous species. {A}s many other {S}icydiinae, {S}tiphodon mele n. sp., is endemic to {V}anuatu and {N}ew {C}aledonia. {N}umerous factors occur to control the dispersion of the amphidromous species. {I}t is necessary to consider all of these factors to explain the existence of many endemic species and the broad or small distribution of the species in the {I}ndo-{P}acific area. {T}he management and the conservation of {S}tiphodon mele n. sp. have to be necessarily regional.},
  keywords = {{T}eleostei ; {G}obiidae ; {S}tiphodon mele n. sp. ; {V}anuatu ; {N}ew {C}aledonia ; freshwater ; amphidromy ; new species},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{Z}oosystema},
  volume = {31},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {471--483},
  ISSN = {1280-9551},
  year = {2009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00004150},
}