Parasicydium bandama

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Parasicydium bandama.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lalèyè, P. |year=2020 |title=Parasicydium bandama |volume=2020 |page=e.T169407A58319243 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T169407A58319243.en |access-date=28 April 2025}}

| taxon = Parasicydium bandama

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Risch, 1980

| authority = Risch, 1980

| synonyms =

• Lentipes bandama (Risch, 1980)

}}

Parasicydium bandama is a species of goby native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and the Ivory Coast. This species grows to a length of {{convert|5.4|cm|in}} TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.{{FishBase |genus= Parasicydium|species= bandama| month = June | year = 2013}} The genus refers to this species resemblance to members of the genus Sicydium while the specific name is the name of the Bandama River in the Ivory Coast where the type specimen was collected.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes3/ | title = Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z) | access-date= 13 August 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 24 July 2018}}