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Issue: Vol. 5550 No. 1: 10 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.5
Page range: 17-31
Abstract views: 199
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Taxonomic review and molecular phylogenetics of the reef gobiid genus Fusigobius from Taiwan with comments on a new species from South China Sea

Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Center of Excellence for the Oceans; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center; National Academy of Marine Research; Kaohsiung 80661; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Department of Aquaculture; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center; National Academy of Marine Research; Kaohsiung 80661; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center; National Academy of Marine Research; Kaohsiung 80661; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Department of Oceanography; and Institute of Marine Ecology and Conservation; National Sun Yat-sen University; Kaohsiung 80424; Taiwan; R.O.C.; National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium; and Graduate Institute of Marine Biology; National Dong Hwa University; Pingtung 94450; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Pisces Fish fauna Marine goby New species Fusigobius taipinensis Nansha Taiping Island

Abstract

A taxonomic review is given for the gobiid genus Fusigobius, known for its cryptic and inconspicuous body coloration, from the waters of Taiwan. Six species of Fusigobius have been formally confirmed from Taiwan, including four nominal species (F. duospilus, F. humeralis, F. inframaculatus, and F. neophytus), a newly recorded F. melacron, and a new species, Fusigobius taipinensis n. sp., recently collected from the South China Sea and southern Taiwan. The new species is morphologically close to F. duospilus, but can be clearly distinguished by several important coloration features on the first dorsal fin or body. Phylogenetic analysis and species delimitation inferred from partial sequences of the mtDNA ND5 gene support F. taipinensis as a valid discrete species and F. melacron as the plesiomorphic state for Fusigobius.

 

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