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Issue: Vol. 5550 No. 1: 10 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.7
Page range: 41-45
Abstract views: 163
PDF downloaded: 114

A newly recorded gobiid genus, Discordipinna (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from northeastern Taiwan

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 Aquaculture; National Penghu University of Science and Technology; Penghu; 880011; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center; National Academy of Marine Research; Kaohsiung; 80661; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Pisces new record Discordipinna coral-reef goby fish fauna fish taxonomy

Abstract

A specimen of the newly recorded gobiid genus Discordipinna was recently collected from northeastern Taiwan via SCUBA diving. The newly recorded spikefin goby, Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978, is the type species of the genus. The sole specimen was collected from Longdong Bay, northeastern Taiwan, and it closely matches the original description of the species. The redescription of this extremely rare reef goby species found in Taiwanese waters is diagnosed and reported in this paper.

 

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