@article {6044, title = {Does your lip stick? Evolutionary aspects of the mouth morphology of the Indo-Pacific clinging goby of the Sicyopterus genus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) based on mitogenome phylogeny.}, journal = {Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Sicydiinae gobies have an amphidromous life cycle. Adults grow, feed, and reproduce in rivers, while larvae have a marine dispersal phase. Larvae recruit back to rivers and settle in upstream habitats. Within the Sicydiinae subfamily, the\ Sicyopterus genus, one of the most diverse (24 species), is distributed in the tropical islands of the Indo-Pacific. One of the characters used to determine Sicyopterus species is the upper lip morphology, which can be either smooth, crenulated, or with papillae, and with (2 or 3) or without clefts. The mouth is used as a secondary locomotor organ along with the pelvic sucker. It is thus strongly related to the climbing ability of species and is of major importance for the upstream migration and the colonization of insular freshwater systems. The mouth also has an important role in the feeding mechanism of these herbivorous species. In this paper, we have established a molecular phylogeny of the genus based on the 13 mitochondrial protein-coding genes to discuss the relationship between 18 Sicyopterus species. There is a well-supported dichotomy in the molecular phylogeny of the Sicyopterus genus and this separation into two clades is also morphologically visible, with the distinction of species with three clefts and species with 0 or 2 clefts on the upper lip. The mouth morphology can thus be separated with regard to the molecular phylogeny obtained. The evolution of the mouth morphology is discussed in terms of the adaptation of the Sicyopterus genus to settlement and life in tropical insular river systems.

}, keywords = {mitogenome, mouth morphology, Phylogeny, Sicydiinae, Sicyopterus}, doi = {DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12291}, author = {Clara Lord and Laure Bellec and Dettai, Agn{\`e}s and Bonillo, C{\'e}line and Philippe Keith} } @article {3846, title = {Larval traits of the Caribbean amphidromous goby Sicydium punctatum (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) in Guadeloupe}, journal = {ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH}, volume = {25}, year = {2016}, pages = {272-280}, keywords = {amphidromy, larval dispersal, Lesser Antilles, otolith, Sicydiinae}, author = {L{\'e}a Lejeune and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Tabouret and Taillebois, Laura and Monti, Dominique and Philippe Keith} } @article {4021, title = {Inputs from Microchemistry to the understanding of three Sicydiinae species{\textquoteright} life cycle. }, journal = {Life and environment}, volume = {65}, year = {2015}, pages = {73-84}, keywords = {amphidromy, LIFE HISTORY, MICROCHEMISTRY, Sicydiinae}, author = {Taillebois, Laura and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Tabouret and P{\'e}cheyran, C and Philippe Keith} } @article {4100, title = {Inputs from Microchemistry to the understanding of three Sicydiinae species{\textquoteright} life cycle. }, journal = { Life and environment.}, volume = {65}, year = {2015}, pages = {73-84}, keywords = {amphidromy, LIFE HISTORY, MICROCHEMISTRY, Sicydiinae}, author = {Taillebois, Laura and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Tabouret and P{\'e}cheyran, C and Philippe Keith} } @article {4098, title = {Population structure of the Asian amphidromous Sicydiinae goby, Stiphodon percnopterygionus with comments on larval dispersal in the northwest Pacific Ocean. }, journal = {Life and Environment}, volume = {65}, year = {2015}, pages = {63-71}, keywords = {amphidromy, larval dispersal, POPULATION STRUCTURE, Sicydiinae, Stiphodon}, author = {Clara Lord and Maeda, Ken and Philippe Keith and Watanabe, S} } @article {4019, title = {Population structure of the Asian amphidromous Sicydiinae goby, Stiphodon percnopterygionus with comments on larval dispersal in the northwest Pacific Ocean.}, journal = {Life and Environment,}, volume = { 65}, year = {2015}, pages = {63-71}, keywords = {amphidromy, Larval dispersa, Population structure., Sicydiinae, Stiphodon}, author = {Clara Lord and Maeda, Ken and Philippe Keith and Watanabe, S} } @article {3720, title = {Status and distribution of Smilosicyopus species (Teleostei, Gobioidei)}, journal = {Cybium}, volume = {38 }, year = {2014}, pages = {69-73}, abstract = {

Status and distribution of Smilosicyopus species are unclear, as they are rare, difficult to sample and to distinguish. During thirteen years, many specimens were collected by the MNHN and collaborators in Pacific islands, including samples in all type localities. These specimens were compared and sequenced with COI gene. Seven species over the eight known were confirmed; indeed S.\ mystax is considered to be a synonym of S.\ leprurus. Further Smilosicyopus species have finally a broader distribution than thought and endemicity seems to be not the main rule in this genus. A key to species is given.

}, keywords = {Distribution, Gobiidae, Sicydiinae, Smilosicyopus}, author = {Philippe Keith and Taillebois, Laura} }