10.5281/zenodo.1451892
https://zenodo.org/records/1451892
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Allen, Gerald R.
Gerald R.
Allen
Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth, Western Australia 6986
Erdmann, Mark V.
Mark V.
Erdmann
Conservation International Indonesia Marine Program, Jl. Dr. Muwardi No. 17, Renon, Denpasar 80235, Indonesia California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Brooks, William M.
William M.
Brooks
2961 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
A new species of Priolepis (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea
Zenodo
2018
taxonomy
ichthyology
gobies
systematics
coral reef fishes
Priolepis
new species
Indo-Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea
2018-10-09
10.5281/zenodo.1451891
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
The new species Priolepis billbrooksi is described from mud-bottom habitat in 30 m depth at Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, on the basis of 5 specimens, 13.3–22.7 mm SL. It belongs to a group of Priolepis that share a well-developed pattern of transverse cheek papillae, but differs from other members of the group by a combination of diagnostic features that include dorsal-fin elements VI + I, 9–10 (usually 9), a second dorsal-fin spine forming an elongate filament extending to between the base of the fourth and the last segmented dorsal-fin ray when adpressed, anal-fin rays I, 8–9 (usually 9), pectoral-fin rays 18, a relatively broad interorbital (75–91% pupil diameter), 10–12 papillae in the posterior transverse interorbital row, the upper portion of the opercle with about 10–12 scales arranged in 3 or 4 transverse rows, no pelvic frenum, and the color when fresh generally yellow with numerous pepper-like melanophores