Sicyopterus is a genus of gobies native fresh waters from Madagascar to the Pacific islands.

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Sicyopterus
Sicyopterus japonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Sicydiinae
Genus:	Sicyopterus T. N. Gill, 1860
Type species
Sicydium (Sicyopterus) stimpsoni T. N. Gill, 1860
Synonyms
Bryanina Fowler, 1932 Microsicydium Bleeker, 1874 Papenua Herre, 1935 Rewa Whitley, 1950 Sicidium Bleeker, 1874 Sicydiops Bleeker, 1874 Vitraria Jordan & Evermann, 1903

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There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:

• Sicyopterus aiensis Keith, Watson & Marquet, 2004 (Creek Ai's goby)
• Sicyopterus brevis de Beaufort, 1912
• Sicyopterus calliochromus Keith, G. R. Allen & Lord, 2012
• Sicyopterus caudimaculatus Maugé, Marquet & Laboute, 1992
• Sicyopterus crassus Herre, 1927
• Sicyopterus cynocephalus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Cleft-lipped goby)
• Sicyopterus erythropterus Keith, G. R. Allen & Lord, 2012
• Sicyopterus eudentatus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993
• Sicyopterus fasciatus (F. Day, 1874)
• Sicyopterus franouxi (Pellegrin, 1935)
• Sicyopterus fuliag Herre, 1927
• Sicyopterus griseus (F. Day, 1877)
• Sicyopterus hageni Popta, 1921 (Hagen's goby)
• Sicyopterus japonicus (S. Tanaka (I), 1909)
• Sicyopterus lacrymosus Herre, 1927
• Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770) (Red-tailed goby)=Sicyopterus caeruleus (Lacépède, 1800)=Sicyopterus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Sicyopterus lengguru Keith, Lord & Hadiaty, 2012
• Sicyopterus lividus Parenti & Maciolek, 1993
• Sicyopterus longifilis de Beaufort, 1912 (Thread-fin goby)
• Sicyopterus macrostetholepis (Bleeker, 1853)
• Sicyopterus marquesensis Fowler, 1932
• Sicyopterus microcephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
• Sicyopterus micrurus (Bleeker, 1853) (Clinging goby)
• Sicyopterus ocellaris Keith, G. R. Allen & Lord, 2012
• Sicyopterus ouwensi M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Ouwen's goby)
• Sicyopterus panayensis Herre, 1927
• Sicyopterus parvei (Bleeker, 1853)
• Sicyopterus pugnans (Ogilvie-Grant, 1884)
• Sicyopterus punctissimus Sparks & D. W. Nelson, 2004
• Sicyopterus rapa Parenti & Maciolek, 1996
• Sicyopterus sarasini M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1915
• Sicyopterus squamosissimus Keith, Lord, Busson, Sauri, Hubert & Hadiaty, 2015 ^[1]
• Sicyopterus stimpsoni (T. N. Gill, 1860) (Stimpson's goby)
• Sicyopterus stiphodonoides Keith, G. R. Allen & Lord, 2012
• Sicyopterus wichmanni (M. C. W. Weber, 1894)