Lebetus patzneri Schliewen, Kovačić & Ordines, 2019

Kovačić, Marcelo, Renoult, Julien P., Pillon, Roberto, Svensen, Rudolf, Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Engin, Semih & Louisy, Patrick, 2022, Identification of Mediterranean marine gobies (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) of the continental shelf from photographs of in situ individuals, Zootaxa 5144 (1), pp. 1-103 : 68

Lebetus patzneri Schliewen, Kovačić & Ordines, 2019 ( Fig. 11 )—Patzner’s Goby

Lebetus patzneri Schliewen, Kovačić & Ordines, 2019: 236 ; type locality: western Mediterranean Sea, Spain, Balearic Islands, Menorca Channel .

Size. Maximum size 2.1 cm total length ( Schliewen et al. 2019).

Morphology. D VI–VII+I,7–8;A I,6; P 15–16. Small goby with subcylindrical body, laterally compressed towards caudal fin. Head slightly depressed and fairly long. Eyes moderately large and close together. Snout moderately long and pointed. Lips thick, giving mouth a broad, almost rectangular shape in dorsal and lateral view. Caudal peduncle deep, but lower than body depth. The first dorsal fin small, more or less with rounded distal edge. Caudal fin rounded. Body covered with scales, but scales poorly visible on freshly dead specimen photographs, visibility on live specimens unknown ( Schliewen et al. 2019).

Freshly dead coloration. Head and body red, gently black dotted (peppered) and with irregular white markings; first dorsal fin entirely dark ( Fig. 11 ). Three red bars radiating from lower margin of eye, with white in between. Caudal peduncle mostly red as the rest of body, with only a triangular white blotch or saddle ( Fig. 11 ) ( Schliewen et al. 2019).

Similar species. Lebetus guilleti , Speleogobius trigloides , Vanneaugobius dollfusi .

Habitat. Circalittoral, on Peyssonnelia and rodolith red algae beds, from 60–72 m depth ( Schliewen et al. 2019).

Geographic distribution. Mediterranean, only known from Balearic Islands, Spain ( Schliewen et al. 2019).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Freshly dead coloration of Lebetus patzneri. Photo by F. Ordines, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.