Stiphodon niraikanaiensis, a new species of sicydiine goby from Okinawa Island (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae)

• Published in: Ichthyological research Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 99 - 107
• Main Author: Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.04.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; females; fins; Fish; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Gobiidae; Life Sciences; males; Morphology; new species; Ryukyu Archipelago; Sicydiinae; Stiphodon; streams; tail; Taxonomy; Teeth; Zoology; Japan, Nansei-Shoto, Okinawa Prefect., Okinawa I; Ryukyu Archipelago; Dispersal; New species; Ryukyu Archipelago

A new goby species, Stiphodon niraikanaiensis , is described on the basis of three specimens (two females and one male) collected from a freshwater stream in Okinawa Island, Japan. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by nine soft rays in the second dorsal fin, 16 rays in the pectora...