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Obliquogobius trifasciatus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Gobiidae) is described on the basis of three specimens (29.5–30.5 mm in standard length) collected in the East China Sea, northwest of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, in a depth of 115–124 m. The new species is characterized by the following combination of characters: 2nd dorsal and anal fins each with I, 9 rays; head moderate in size, its length 32.8–34.1% of standard length; lateral surface of nape scaled; postorbital pore G of cephalic sensory canal present; gill opening moderate in size, extending anteriorly to level with posterior margin of eye; pelvic fins united medially, with a well-developed connecting membrane (between innermost rays) and frenum (between spines); caudal fin dorsoventrally asymmetrical, lacking a distinct obliquely pointed tip, and with three lowermost branched rays much shorter than other branched rays; three broad black (dark brown in preserved specimens) bands, superposed by yellow chromatophores, on lateral surface of body, anteriormost band located under 1st dorsal-fin base, middle band just behind a vertical line through posterior end of 2nd dorsal-fin base, and posteriormost band on caudal-fin base; a small faint, yellow-tinged dusky blotch on center of caudal peduncle (between middle and posteriormost bands on body); a large black blotch, covering almost entirety of 1st dorsal fin; 2nd dorsal and caudal fins generally pale yellow, without a barred pattern.
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We are most grateful to H. Motomura (KAUM) for providing the opportunity to examine the specimens, G. Shinohara, M. Nakae, Y. Inoue, S. Manaka, and H. Akutsu (NSMT) for their curatorial assistance, and G. Hardy (Ngunguru, New Zealand) for reading the manuscript and providing help with English. This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for JSPS Fellows (PD: 22J01404).
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Partial financial support was received from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, to KF. KF was responsible for the study design, analysis of the data, funding acquisition, and wrote the original draft manuscript. KS was responsible for analysis of the data and review of the manuscript. Both authors read the manuscript and approved the final version. The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request.
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Fish species, treated in this study, are not listed as threatened or endangered by the IUCN Red List or CITES. Specimens used in this study were collected following the national and institutional guidelines and registered in fish collections of natural history museums.
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Fujiwara, K., Shibukawa, K. Description of a new species of Obliquogobius (Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the East China Sea off the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Ichthyol Res 70, 431–438 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-022-00901-1
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