Fusigobius inframaculatus
Creators: name: Chen, I-Shiung
name: Chen, Kuan-Te
name: Yang, Yen-Cheng
name: Harefa, Tonisman
name: Chou, Li-Chin
name: Shen, Kang-Ning
name: Chang, Chih-Wei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Fusigobius
Fusigobius inframaculatus

description: 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.
description: Published as part of Chen, I-Shiung, Chen, Kuan-Te, Yang, Yen-Cheng, Harefa, Tonisman, Chou, Li-Chin, Shen, Kang-Ning & Chang, Chih-Wei, 2024, Taxonomic review and molecular phylogenetics of the reef gobiid genus Fusigobius from Taiwan with comments on a new species from South China Sea, pp. 17-31 in Zootaxa 5550 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/14389668