RESEARCH ARTICLE
Valenciennea yanoi, a
new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei:
Gobiidae)
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi
Senou & John E. Randall
Abstract
The gobiid fish Valenciennea
yanoi n. sp. is described from two specimens collected
in 13–20 m at Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Diagnostic features include the combination of a low
first dorsal fin with a rounded margin, no black spot
on the dorsal fin, 12 second-dorsal and anal-fin soft
rays, no black spot and no yellow stripe on the snout,
no black spot on the upper part of the eye, three
narrow vivid sky-blue stripes on the lateral side
of the head, and two broad orange and yellow stripes
on the body reaching to the rear margin of the caudal
fin. The new species is most similar to Valenciennea
parva Hoese & Larson, 1994, but differs by lacking
black spots on the snout and eye and by having broader
orange and yellow stripes which reach the rear margin
of the caudal fin.
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CITATION:
Suzuki, T., Senou, H. &
Randall, J.E. (2016) Valenciennea yanoi, a
new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei:
Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation,
21, 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.51211
publication date: 9 May 2016
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