10.5281/zenodo.3519384
https://zenodo.org/records/3519384
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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, Australia
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
Mongdong, Meity U.
Meity U.
Mongdong
Conservation International Indonesia Marine Program, Jl. Dr. Muwardi No. 17, Renon, Denpasar 80235 Indonesia
Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua, Indonesia
Zenodo
2019
ichthyology
taxonomy
coral reef fishes
gobies
Birds head Seascape
Indo-Pacific Ocean
2019-10-25
10.5281/zenodo.3519383
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
A new species of gobiid fish, Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae, is described from West Papua Province, Indonesia, on the basis of two male specimens, 39.1 and 39.2 mm SL. Diagnostic features include 13 dorsal-fin and anal-fin segmented rays, third dorsal-fin spine long and filamentous, 47–49 lateral scales, body scales mostly cycloid, posteriormost scales of caudal peduncle finely ctenoid, and scales absent on head and nape region. Color in life is pale greyish to yellowish white with 5 mid-lateral clusters of blue-margined yellow spots with one or two vertical rows of 3–5 blue-margined yellow spots between clusters. The new species is most similar to Vanderhorstia phaeosticta from the western Pacific Ocean, but differs most notably in lacking pronounced sexual dichromatism.