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CHAPTER
5
Metamorphosis in an
Amphidromous Goby,
Sicyopterus Lagocephalus
(Pallas 1767) (Teleostei:
Gobioidei: Sicydiinae):
a True Metamorphosis?
Philippe Keith,
1,a
Laura Taillebois,
1,b,
* Clara Lord,
1,2
Céline Ellien,
1
Sylvie Dufour
3,c
and
Karine Rousseau
3,d
5.1 Introduction
In the tropical Indo-Pacifi c and the Caribbean regions, insular river systems
are mainly colonised by diadromous species, including fi sh, which are
mainly represented by Gobiidae (Sicydiinae), molluscs and crustaceans.
The Gobiidae life cycle is adapted to the conditions in these distinctive
habitats, which are young oligotrophic rivers, and subject to extreme
1
Research Unit BOREA «Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems» Muséum national
d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS 7208, IRD 207, UPMC, 57 rue Cuvier, cp26, 75231 Paris Cedex 05,
France;
a
E-mail: keith@mnhn.fr
b
E-mail: taillebois@mnhn.fr
2
The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Division of Marine Life
Science, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8564, Japan.
3
Research Unit BOREA “Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems” Muséum National d'Histoire
Naturelle, CNRS 7208, IRD 207, UPMC, 7 rue Cuvier, CP32, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
c
E-mail: dufour@mnhn.fr
d
E-mail: rousse@mnhn.fr
*Corresponding author
