FB-69908 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69908 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Rhinogobius Rhinogobius lingtongyanensis Chen, Wang, Chen & Shao, 2022 2022-12-08 2022-12-08 Chen, I.-S., S.-C. Wang and K.-T. Shao0 A new freshwater gobiid species of <i>Rhinogobius</i> Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):29-44. (Ref. 127454) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69917 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-09 00:00:00 2022-12-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69917 This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: D2 I,9; A I,8; pectoral fin rays modally 16; longitudinal scale series 28-30 (modally 29); predorsal scales 9-10 (modally 9); vertebral count 27; rear edge of mouth merely extending to the vertical of anterior margin of pupil in male. Colouration in males: lateral side of trunk of with 6-7 longitudinal rows of bright orange to orange red spots which general size about 1/2 of pupil diameter, the snout with 2 parallel brownish gray stripes, orange one as posterior stripes in male, the cheek and opercle with 24-35 orange spots, the branchiostegal membrane has many minute orange spots, pectoral fin with 2 rows (total 7-9 spots) of orange to red orange spots; caudal fin with distally orange zone with about 3 vertical rows of orange or orange red spots; first dorsal fin with broad orange band on distally 1/3 area; with a middle black spot in front of the third spine of first dorsal fin in both sexes (Ref. 127454). Chen, I.-S., S.-C. Wang and K.-T. Shao 2022 A new freshwater gobiid species of <i>Rhinogobius</i> Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):29-44. (Ref. 127454) FB-Morphology-69917 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-09 00:00:00 2022-12-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69917 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 27 Chen, I.-S., S.-C. Wang and K.-T. Shao 2022 A new freshwater gobiid species of <i>Rhinogobius</i> Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):29-44. (Ref. 127454) FB-Distribution-69917 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-09 00:00:00 2023-03-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69917 Asia: Taiwan. Chen, I.-S., S.-C. Wang and K.-T. Shao 2022 A new freshwater gobiid species of <i>Rhinogobius</i> Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):29-44. (Ref. 127454) FB-Uses-69917 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-09 00:00:00 2022-12-09 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69917 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-69917 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-09 00:00:00 2022-12-09 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69917 3.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 127454)) Chen, I.-S., S.-C. Wang and K.-T. Shao 2022 A new freshwater gobiid species of <i>Rhinogobius</i> Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):29-44. (Ref. 127454) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69917 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-09 00:00:00 2022-12-09 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69917 pelagic-neritic; freshwater