Historical record of the genus Sicydium (Pisces: Gobiidae) and its inshore fishery exploitation in the Ecuadorian coast

Historical record of the genus Sicydium (Pisces: Gobiidae) and its inshore fishery exploitation in the Ecuadorian coast

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The genus Sicydium, called "chautiza" on the Ecuadorian coast, is a fish type that has an amphidromy migratory behavior and whose post-larvary state is used locally as a food and economic resource.There brazmallows hyde flavor are records of this fish in old bibliographic sources and in some popular folktales.They not only describe the presence of "chautiza" along the Ecuadorian shoreline, but also its presence in rivers.

These records have helped increase knowledge of the distribution bar drain board of the "chautiza".Nowadays, its existence is very low and, in some places, extinct.