10.5281/zenodo.1458266
https://zenodo.org/records/1458266
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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 Tomiyamichthys shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea
Zenodo
2018
taxonomy
ichthyology
gobies
systematics
coral reef fishes
Papua New Guinea
Indo-Pacific Ocean
shrimpgoby
2018-10-11
10.5281/zenodo.1458265
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
A new species of gobiid fish, Tomiyamichthys stuarti, is described from Milne Bay Province, eastern Papua New Guinea, on the basis of three male specimens, 20.4–23.5 mm SL. Diagnostic features include 11 segmented dorsal-fin and anal-fin rays, 15 pectoral-fin rays, 51–56 lateral and 11 transverse scales, no preopercular pores (no M’, N, and O’), no pores above the operculum (no K’ and L’), no prepelvic or prepectoral scales, ctenoid posterior body scales, and color pattern. The markings on the new species consist of 5 large brown blotches on the side of the body with about 9 brown saddles on the upper back, orange spots on the dorsal fins and upper caudal fin, and yellow pelvic and anal fins. Type specimens were collected from a flat mud bottom in 30 m depth.