Vol. 38 No. 1, 1999

Freshwater Gobies of the Genus Rhinogobius from the Mekong Basin in Thailand and Laos, with Descriptions of Three New Species

I-Shiung Chen^1,*, Maurice Kottelat^2,3 and Peter J. Miller¹

¹School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK
²Route de la Baroche 12, Case postale 57, CH-2952, Cornol, Switzerland
³School of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 119260 Singapore

I-Shiung Chen, Maurice Kottelat and Peter J. Miller (1999) Four valid species of the genus Rhinogobius Gill, 1859 occur in the Mekong basin in Thailand and Laos: R. mekongianus (Pellegrin and Fang, 1940), and 3 new species, R. albimaculatus, R. lineatus, and R. taenigena. The 4 species can be distinguished by their color patterns and different meristic characters.

Key words: Gobiidae, Fish taxonomy, Laos, Thailand, Rhinogobius.

*Correspondence: Fax: 44-117-9257374. E-mail: Ishiung.Chen@bristol.ac.uk