Rhinogobius tandikan Maeda, Kobayashi & Palla 2021, new species ...

• Main Authors: Maeda, Ken, Shinzato, Chuya, Koyanagi, Ryo, Kunishima, Taiga, Kobayashi, Hirozumi, Satoh, Noriyuki, Palla, Herminie P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Gobiidae; Rhinogobius; Rhinogobius tandikan; taiga
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5706125; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5706125

Rhinogobius tandikan Maeda, Kobayashi & Palla, new species [New English name: Tandikan goby] (Figs. 1, 3, 6–8; Tables 2–6) Material examined. Thirteen males and 16 females from Cayulo River, Bahile, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan Island in the Philippines. Holotype. NSMT-P 140093, male (43.6 mm SL), 1 June 2018, coll. K. Maeda, H. Kobayashi, and H. P. Palla. Paratypes. NSMT-P 140094, female (45.7 mm SL), 31 May 2018 coll. K. Maeda, H. Kobayashi, and H. P. Palla; URM-P 49307–49315, 7 males (36.1–46.9 mm SL) and 2 females (37.3–38.9 mm SL), 31 May 2018 coll. K. Maeda, H. Kobayashi, and H. P. Palla; URM-P 49316–49323, 2 males (40.8–44.8 mm SL) and 6 females (35.6–45.2 mm SL), same data as holotype; WPU-PPC-P 60–64, 5 females (30.8–36.5 mm SL), 31 May 2018 coll. K. Maeda, H. Kobayashi, and H. P. Palla; WPU-PPC-P 65–69, 3 males (43.6–46.1 mm SL) and 2 females (39.6–41.3 mm SL), same data as holotype. Diagnosis. Pectoral fin with 16 or 17 rays. Nape and posterior part of occipital region covered by cycloid ... : Published as part of Maeda, Ken, Shinzato, Chuya, Koyanagi, Ryo, Kunishima, Taiga, Kobayashi, Hirozumi, Satoh, Noriyuki & Palla, Herminie P., 2021, Two new species of Rhinogobius (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) from Palawan, Philippines, with their phylogenetic placement, pp. 81-98 in Zootaxa 5068 (1) on pages 89-94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5702104 ...