BIODIVERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X Volume 22, Number 2, February 2021 E-ISSN: 2085-4722 Pages: 571-579 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d220208 Short Communication: Presence of the vulnerable freshwater goby Sicyopus auxilimentus (Gobiidae, Sicydiinae) on Sangihe Island, Indonesia VERYL HASAN1,2,♥, FITRI SIL VALEN2, R. ADHARYAN ISLAMY3, MAHENO SRI WIDODO3,♥♥, ADITYA MIRZAPAHLEVI SAPTADJAJA4, IZZUL ISLAM5 1Department of Fish Health Management and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Airlangga. Jl. Dr. Ir. Sukarno, Surabaya 60115, East Java, Indonesia. Tel./fax.: +62-31-5911451, ♥email:
[email protected] 2Division of Zoology, Generasi Biologi Indonesia Foundation. Jl. Swadaya Barat No. 4, Gresik 61171, East Java, Indonesia. 3Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Brawijaya. Jl. Veteran, Malang 65145, East Java, Indonesia. Tel.: +62-341-553512, ♥♥email:
[email protected] 4Greenaration Foundation. Jl. Citamiang No. 6, Bandung 40121, West Java, Indonesia 5Department of Bioctechnology, Faculty of Technobiology, Universitas Teknologi Sumbawa. Jl. Raya Olat Aras, Sumbawa 84371, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia Manuscript received: 12 November 2020. Revision accepted: 8 January 2021. Abstract. Hasan V, Valen FS, Islamy RA, Widodo MS, Saptadjaja AM, Islam I. 2021. Short Communication: Presence of the vulnerable freshwater goby Sicyopus auxilimentus (Gobiidae, Sicydiinae) on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 571-579. A single specimen of freshwater goby Sicyopus auxilimentus was photographed and collected using fish traps between 8 and 15 September 2019 in the Laine waterfall, Sangihe island district, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. S. auxilimentus is amphidromous that live in both freshwater and marine environments. This species is currently listed as Vulnerable (VU) within the IUCN Red List Status.