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Issue: Vol. 5738 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.20
Page range: 162-170
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 34

New record of Glossogobius laticeps (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) to Taiwan with notes on local congeneric species

Fisheries Agency; Ministry of Agriculture; Executive Yuan; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Institute of Marine Biology; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Center of Excellence for the Oceans; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung; 20224; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Pisces Glossogobius Gobiidae new record Taiwan

Abstract

In this study, the Taiwanese Glossogobius giuris population is proven to be a new western Pacific distributional record for Glossogobius laticeps. The new addition to Taiwanese Glossogobius fauna can be characterized by having longitudinal scale rows 33–35, transverse scale rows 9–11 and predorsal scale rows 22–24. Infraorbital papillae row a branched, and rows b, cp1 and cp2 in a patch of multiple minute papilla. Trunk distinctly pigmented with numerous longitudinal black streaks in juvenile and adult, tip of chin with two small patches of melanophores and mostly unpigmented medially. A more detailed description of the genotyped materials is provided, with a discussion of the species’ distribution expansion.

 

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How to Cite

Cheng, Y.-H., Li, H.-E. & Chen, I.-S. (2025) New record of Glossogobius laticeps (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) to Taiwan with notes on local congeneric species. Zootaxa, 5738 (1), 162–170. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.20