Elacatinus pridisi Guimarães, Gasparini & Rocha, 2004, sp. n.

• Main Authors: Guimarães, Ricardo Z. P., Gasparini, João Luiz, Rocha, Luiz A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Gobiidae; Elacatinus; Elacatinus pridisi; Vincent Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6273141; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D66645BD0DFF9A4208FECB6DDCFDE1

Elacatinus pridisi sp. n. Trindade cleaner goby (Figs. 1–3) Type series : Holotype: MNRJ 21980, 23.6 mm SL, Enseada dos Portugueses, Trindade Island (20°30'S, 29°20'W), at a depth of 5 m, collected by J. L. Gasparini, 1 April 1999. Paratypes: LBRP 5618 (2 ind., 20.2, 27.8 mm SL, larger a female, smaller undetermined), Enseada dos Portugueses, Trindade Island (20°30'S, 29°20'W), at a depth of 5 m, collected by R. Z. P. Guimarães, 10 October 1998; MBML 593 (2 ind., 20.3, 24.5 mm SL, larger a female, smaller undetermined), MNRJ 21981 (2 ind., 20.2, 20.5 mm SL, undetermined), USNM 365990 (1 ind., 21.0 mm SL, undetermined), collected with the holotype; UFES 1424 (1 ind., 28.4 mm SL, undetermined), ZUEC 5412 (1 ind., 18.1 mm SL, undetermined), Enseada dos Portugueses, Trindade Island (20°30'S, 29°20'W), at a depth of 6 m, collected by J. L. Gasparini, 8th April 2001. Additional material : LBRP 5618 (1 ind., 27.7 mm SL, c & s), Enseada dos Portugueses, Trindade Island (20°30'S, 29°20'W), at a depth of 5 m, collected by R. Z. P. Guimarães, 10th October 1998. Comparative material : Elacatinus randalli : ANSP 110672 (1 ind., 21.1 mm SL, holotype), ANSP 110673 (5 ind., 19.0– 27.5 mm SL, paratypes), St. Vincent Islands; ANSP 110679 (1 ind., 27.3 mm SL, paratype), ANSP 110680 (3 ind., 10.5–31.5 mm SL, paratypes), Venezuela; MNRJ 12054 (2 ind., 19.8–23.4 mm SL 122.9 mm SL, c & s), Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. Elacatinus figaro : LBRP 0 494 (3 ind., 21–37.7 mm SL), LBRP 0 728 (7 ind., 24–30.75 mm SL, 2 ind., 24.2–27.5 mm SL c & s), LBRP 3084 (1 ind. 36.7 mm SL), LBRP 3494 (20 ind.26.1–30.0 mm SL), LBRP 3515 (12 ind., 24.7– 30.8 mm SL, 3 ind., 26–28.2 mm SL, c & s), state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Diagnosis : Elacatinus pridisi n. sp. differs from its congeners of the Horsti Complex ( sensu Böhlke & Robins 1968) that have a pale stripe extending from the eye to the caudal­fin base by the following combination of characters: dark longitudinal stripe wide, reaching lower abdomen and base of anal fin ( vs ...