Sicydium plumieri

Sicydium plumieri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Sicydium
Species:
S. plumieri
Binomial name
Sicydium plumieri
(Bloch, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Gobius pluemieri Bloch, 1786
  • Gobius plumieri Bloch, 1786
  • Sicydium siragus Poey, 1860
  • Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant, 1884
  • Sicydium vincente D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
  • Sicydium caguitae Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899

Sicydium plumieri (Spanish vernacular: Olivo, Cetí; English vernacular: Sirajo Goby) is a freshwater species of the goby native to the Antilles from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, though not recorded from all islands. This species can reach a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL. It is also known by the English common names sirajo, Plumier's stone-biting goby, and tri-tri goby. The young, which are regarded as a delicacy, are of commercial importance. The specific name honours Charles Plumier (1646-1704), a Franciscan friar and naturalist, who found the first specimens of the species on Martinique and Marcus Elieser Bloch based his species description on Plumier's drawings.