10.5281/zenodo.1248967
https://zenodo.org/records/1248967
oai:zenodo.org:1248967
Greenfield, David W.
David W.
Greenfield
Research Associate, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4503, USA
Allen, Gerald R.
Gerald R.
Allen
Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth, Western Australia 6986
Cryptocentrus nanus, a new species of dwarf shrimpgoby from Fiji (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
Zenodo
2018
ichthyology
taxonomy
systematics
Gobiidae
Gobiiformes
coral reef fishes
gobies
shrimp
symbiosis
2018-05-18
10.5281/zenodo.1248966
https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
A new species of alpheid-shrimp-associated goby is described from Fiji based on 9 specimens, 17.2–23.4 mm SL. Diagnostic features include an exceptionally small size at maturity, a uniform black color, possession of vomerine teeth, a rounded caudal fin, 65–81 scales in the longitudinal series, 0–15 predorsal scales, body depth at pelvic-fin origin 4.4–5.2 in SL, snout length 4.4–8.4 in HL, and caudal-peduncle depth 3.3–3.8 in HL.