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Vol. 46 No. 6, 2007
Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus,
a New Species of Gobiid Fish from Indonesia
John
E. Randall1,* and I-Shiung Chen2
1Bishop
Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817-2704, USA
2Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean
University, Keelung 202, Taiwan
John E.
Randall and I-Shiung Chen (2007) The gobiid fish Tomiyamichthys
tanyspilus sp. nov., symbiotic in a burrow with an alpheid shrimp, is
described from a male-female pair collected from silty sand in 4 m at
Flores, Indonesia. It is characterized by the 2nd dorsal and anal rays
I,12; pectoral rays 17 or 18; scales cycloid, 78-80 in the longitudinal
series; no predorsal or prepectoral scales; no preopercular canal; a
lanceolate caudal fin, longest in male, 48.6% standard length; body
green dorsally in life with numerous blackish spots smaller than pupil,
and a midlateral row of 5 large elongate black spots, the last on
caudal-fin base followed by a blackish middle streak into fin. An
explanation is given for regarding Flabelligobius Smith, 1956 as a
junior synonym of Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956.
Key words: Taxonomy,
Shrimpgoby, Tomiyamichthys, New species, Indonesia.
*Correspondence: E-mail:jackr@hawaii.rr.com
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