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Issue: Vol. 5550 No. 1: 10 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.18
Page range: 183-188
Abstract views: 450
PDF downloaded: 137

A new species of marine gobiid fish genus Lubricogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Philippines

Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 202301; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Center of Excellence for the Oceans; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 202301; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Research Center for Biodiversity; Academia Sinica; Taipei; 100060; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Department of Earth and Life Science; University of Taipei; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 202301; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 202301; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Research Center for Biodiversity; Academia Sinica; Taipei; 100060; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Pisces Lubricogobius new fish marine goby fish taxonomy the Philippines

Abstract

A new marine goby of genus, Lubricogobius Tanaka, 1915 was collected from the Philippines. This new species, Lubricogobius rubrofasciatus n. sp., can be distinguished from other congeneric species by following unique combination of features: (1) second dorsal fin I/10; anal fin I/7; pectoral fin 18; (2) head and trunk entirely naked; (3) both anterior and posterior nostrils as short tubes; (4) gill opening large, extending ventrally beyond the rear vertical of peropercle; (5) infraorbital papillae all belonging to longitudinal pattern; and (5) colouration in life: body and head creamy white to yellow; iris bright orange; an oblique bright red orange stripe from nape to upper lip through eye; dorsal, anal, pelvic and caudal fins all with yellow to orange with wide, distal deep black margin. The description of new species and a diagnostic key to all congeners in the Indo-Pacific region will be reported in this paper.

 

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