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Issue: Vol. 150 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.150.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 4

Gymnoamblyopus novaeguineae, a new genus and species of worm goby from Papua New Guinea (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)

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Pisces worm goby Amblyopinae Gobiidae new genus new species

Abstract

A new genus and species of worm goby, Gymnoamblyopus novaeguineae, is described on the basis of a single specimen from the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. It differs from all other amblyopine gobies by the following combination of characters: only one anal-fin pterygiophore anterior to first hemal spine; no Y-shaped second anal-fin pterygiophore; no chin barbels; no scales; no raised dermal folds or ridges; pleural ribs short and posteriorly directed; and mouth vertical. This new taxon is figured and a key to the “Taenioides” group of the Amblyopinae is provided.

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