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Issue: Vol. 4407 No. 4: 12 Apr. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.7
Page range: 553–562
Abstract views: 116
PDF downloaded: 261

A new species of Rhinogobius (Pisces: Gobiidae), with analyses of its DNA barcode

Shanghai Natural History Museum, Branch of the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, 510 West Beijing Rd, Jing’an District, Shanghai, China 200041.
Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education (Shanghai Ocean University)
Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education (Shanghai Ocean University)
Suzhou Nature Imaging Co., Ltd, Room 315, Block 2, Jinshiheyan No.45, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China 215000
Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education (Shanghai Ocean University)
Pisces freshwater goby Rhinogobius maxillivirgatus Eastern China COI gene

Abstract

The genus Rhinogobius Gill 1859 is widely distributed in fresh waters along the Western Pacific coast of tropical and temperate Asia. A new species, Rhinogobius maxillivirgatus, is described from Anhui Province in Eastern China. This species can be differentiated from all congeners by a combination of the following characters: up to 6 longitudinal brown to black stripes along the side of the body; pectoral-fin rays modally 14; predorsal scale series 5–9; lateral scale series 28–30; transverse scale series 6–7; branchiostegal membrane with about 20 red round spots in males; and 2 black oblique stripes parallel along the upper jaw on the anterior portion of the cheek. Analyzing sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I revealed that the new species is closely related to, but distinct, from Rhinogobius wuyanlingensis.

 

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