Fusigobius inframaculatus ( Randall, 1994 )

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Fusigobius inframaculatus ( Randall, 1994)

( Fig. 1C ; Table 2)

Coryphopterus inframaculatus Randall 1994: 331 (Base of drop-off, ne. side of Jana I., Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia); Randall 1995: 332; Randall 2001: 207; Randall 2005: 524.

Fusigobius inframaculatus : Chen & Shao 1997: 90; Akihito et al. in Nakabo 2000: 1247; Akihito et al. in Nakabo 2002: 1247; Randall et al. 2004: 27; Hiroshi et al. 2007: 67; Chen et al. 2010: 490.

Fusigobius longispinus : Shen 1993: 957 (not Goren 1978); Chen et al. 1997: 143; Shen 2011: 686.

Materials examined. NTOUP 2006-09 - 742 , 42.7 mm SL, Wanlitong, Kenting, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., September 14, 2006 ; NTOUP 2006-09 - 743 , 29.9 mm SL, Wanlitong, Kenting, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., September 14, 2006 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 462 , 15.6 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 27, 2010 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 466 , 34.4 mm SL, Hongchaikeng, Kenting, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 26, 2010 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 468 , 26.9 mm SL, Hongchaikeng, Kenting, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 26, 2010 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 474 , 44.8 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 26, 2010 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 475 , 38.7 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 27, 2010 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 476 , 46.8 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 27, 2010 ; NTOUP 2010-09 - 477 , 42.0 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 27, 2010 ; NTOUP 2012-03 - 257 , 44.2 mm SL, Shanfu fish port, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., August 13, 2010 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 536 , 23.1 mm SL, Chenggong Township, Taitung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 05, 2007 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 537 , 21.1 mm SL, Chenggong Township, Taitung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 05, 2007 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 538 , 2 : 21.8–22.5 mm SL, Chenggong Township, Taitung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 05, 2007 ; NTOUP 2012- 06 - 539 , 39.2 mm SL, Chenggong Township, Taitung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 06, 2007 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 540 , 45.9 mm SL, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., July 9, 2007 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 541 , 23.1 mm SL, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., July 8, 2007 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 542 , 2 : 36.9–45.8 mm SL, Longmen port, Orchid Island, Taitung, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., September 8, 2009 ; NTOUP 2012-06 - 543 , 45.9 mm SL, Longshiadong, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, 15 m, coll. Y-H Gong , August 24, 2011 ; ASIZP0056670 , 27.1 mm SL, Shanhai, Pingtung County, 14 m, coll. K-T Shao , June 7, 1989 ; ASIZP0058777 , 2 : 33.0–51.0 mm SL, Guiwan, Green Island, Taitung County, 6 m, coll. J-P Chen , May 29, 1993 .

Diagnosis. D1 VI; D2 I/9; A I/8; P modally 19; LR modally 26; SD1P 3. Anterior two spinous longest in D1. Body scattered with yellowish orange rounded spots. Caudal fin base with large, oblong black blotch about equal to eye diameter.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region. It can be found in southern Taiwan and other islands.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Specimen photos of nominal species of Fusigobius from Taiwan. (A) Fusigobius duospilus, NTOUP 2012-06- 524, 28.8 mm SL, Huapingyan, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. (B) Fusigobius humeralis, NTOUP 2012-06- 533, 29.2 mm SL, Huapingyan, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. (C) Fusigobius inframaculatus, NTOUP 2012- 06-543, 45.9 mm SL, Longshiartong, Huapingyan, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. (D) Fusigobius melacron, NTOUP 2010-09-472, 33.3 mm SL, Nanwan, Henchuen Township, Taiwan. (E) Fusigobius neophytus, NTOUP 2012-03-276, 34.8 mm SL, Northern Coast, Dongsha, Taiwan. (F) Fusigobius neophytus, NTOUP 2012-03-268, 19.0 mm SL, Northern Coast, Dongsha, Taiwan. (G) Fusigobius taipinensis, NTOUP 2022-07-201, holotype, 25.5 mm SL, Taiping Island, Nansha, South China Sea. (H) Fusigobius taipinensis, NTOUP 2012-06-555, paratype, 25.7 mm SL, Huapingyan, Liouciou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. (Bar = 1 mm).