RESEARCH ARTICLE
Mahidolia paucipora,
a new species of shrimpgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
from Papua New Guinea
Gerald R. Allen & Mark
V. Erdmann
Abstract
A new species of alpheid-shrimp-associated gobiid
fish, Mahidolia paucipora, is described from
Milne Bay Province, eastern Papua New Guinea, on the
basis of 5 female specimens from 17.7-23.2 mm
SL collected from a silty-sand and rubble bottom at
14.5-27 m depth. Diagnostic features that distinguish
the new species from the widespread nominal Mahidolia
mystacina include a reduced pattern of cephalic
sensory-canal pores, with only pores B";, D, E,
F, and H present; a very small size at maturity (less than 20
mm SL); and a color pattern consisting of a whitish
body with 5 widely spaced brown bars and the first
dorsal fin with a prominent posterior white-edged
black spot.
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CITATION:
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann,
M.V. (2019) Mahidolia paucipora, a new species
of shrimpgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New
Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation,
32, 79-88.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2635805
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publication date: 11 April
2019
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