𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑥, a lovely new species of coral goby is described in Ichthyological Research journal. The new species is currently known from southern Japan, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern Australia.
Paywall – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-024-00950-8
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𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑥, a new coral goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from southern Japan.
𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Sato, M.C., Motomura, H. 𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑥, a new coral goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from southern Japan. Ichthyol Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-024-00950-8
𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁
𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑥 sp. nov. is described on the basis of 37 specimens from Kyushu, and the Osumi and Tokara Islands, southern Japan.
The new species is characterized by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays VI-I, 9–11 (modally 9); anal-fin rays I, 8 or 9 (8); pectoral-fin rays 19–21 (20); body depth at pelvic-fin origin 32.4–38.3% (mean 36.0%) of standard length; distance between first dorsal-fin origin to dorsal-most point of pectoral-fin base 50.4–64.8% (55.2%) of head length (HL); pectoral fin relatively long, its length 90.6–112.5% (100.8%) of HL; groove between isthmus and interopercle absent; body uniformly reddish-brown; coloration of all fins darker than that of body; and five narrow vertical bluish stripes on lateral surface of head.
The new species is currently known from southern Japan, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern Australia.
𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁
𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑥, image from the paper.
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