Table 1. Proportional measurements for two new species of Rhinogobius
Species Rhinogobius tyoni Rhinogobius telma
Abbreviations: SL: standard Length; D1: first dorsal fin; D2: second Dorsal fin; HL: head length
Cat. No. OMNH-P 5882 OMNH-P 5890 OMNH-P 5883 OMNH-P 5891 BLIP 20000268 BLIP 20000256 BLIP 20000265 BLIP 20000269
Type holotype paratypes holotype paratypes
Sex male male female female male male female female
SL (mm) 37.0 37.4 27.9 35.0 28.7 37.8 31.1 29.1
As % of SL
Head length 33.8 34.2 31.0 29.9 32.8 32.8 32.4 30.7
Predorsal length 39.5 41.4 38.0 38.6 41.8 39.4 40.8 39.5
Snout to 2nd dorsal origin 56.8 60.2 57.0 58.6 59.2 57.4 59.8 57.0
Snout to anus 58.9 56.4 53.8 57.1 57.5 57.4 61.7 57.4
Snout to anal fin origin 61.9 59.6 59.1 61.4 61.7 61.4 65.9 61.9
Prepelvic length 31.1 32.6 30.5 31.4 35.5 34.1 31.5 30.9
Caudal peduncle length 25.7 27.8 26.9 23.1 25.5 26.5 26.9 28.1
Caudal peduncle depth 11.6 12.2 10.9 12.2 13.9 12.3 12.5 11.8
1st dorsal fin base 16.9 18.8 16.0 19.5 16.9 16.6 17.4 14.0
Length of longest D1 spine* 13.4 (3rd) 17.5 (3rd) 14.3 (2nd) 16.8 (3rd) 15.2 (3rd) 15.3 (3rd) 16.2 (3rd) 14.4 (2nd)
2nd dorsal fin base 17.2 15.7 15.0 17.1 18.2 18.8 15.9 16.3
Length of longest D2 ray* 18.5 (7th) 21.3 (7th) 15.3 (3rd) 16.3 (2nd) 19.2 (7th) 19.9 (7th) 16.2 (2nd) 17.0 (2nd)
Length of last D2 ray 16.7 17.8 8.9 11.7 16.6 18.6 11.3 11.4
Anal fin base 14.1 13.2 13.3 13.0 16.9 15.1 12.8 13.4
Length of longest anal fin ray* 16.2 (7th) 18.0 (7th) 13.3 (4th) 14.4 (5th) 15.6 (7th) 17.1 (6th) 15.3 (4th) 15.3 (4th)
Caudal fin length 27.0 27.9 26.2 23.9 25.2 25.1 26.0 26.1
Pectoral fin length 27.0 26.7 25.5 25.2 23.8 27.1 24.4 27.1
Pelvic fin length 19.3 19.6 21.8 19.5 17.5 18.8 20.5 20.2
Body depth of pelvic fin origin 20.5 20.3 18.4 21.4 23.5 21.4 25.7 21.5
Body depth of anal fin origin 16.7 16.5 16.0 17.6 20.5 18.8 21.4 18.0
Body width of anal fin origin 13.1 10.7 10.9 14.1 14.6 13.8 12.2 11.4
Pelvic fin origin to anus 27.0 24.1 25.9 27.7 28.8 26.5 32.7 30.9
As % of HL
Snout length 30.4 33.4 27.5 24.5 27.3 28.3 27.4 27.7
Eye diameter 17.5 17.1 20.9 20.0 25.3 19.9 24.5 22.3
Postorbital length 53.2 50.5 50.5 53.6 47.5 52.1 50.0 50.0
Cheek depth 28.1 28.2 22.0 27.3 25.3 30.6 21.7 20.2
Head width in upper gill opening 63.1 57.9 52.7 64.5 65.7 64.4 66.0 58.5
Head width in maximum 62.3 59.4 53.8 70.9 67.7 69.7 75.5 62.8
Head depth in maximum 57.8 55.7 57.1 63.6 71.7 65.1 79.2 70.2
Bony interorbital width 8.0 8.6 5.5 6.8 10.6 12.1 7.9 7.8
Upper jaw length 38.8 42.3 31.9 33.6 40.4 43.7 35.8 35.1
As % of caudal peduncle length
Caudal peduncle depth 45.0 43.8 40.5 52.8 54.5 46.6 46.6 41.9