Fusigobius neophytus
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 neophytus

description: Fusigobius neophytus (Gunther, 1877)
(Figs. 1E–F; Table 2)
Gobius neophytus Günther 1877: 174 (Ponape, Micronesia; Apia, Upolu I., Western Samoa; Huahine and Tahiti, Society Islands).
Fusigobius neophytus: Goren 1979: 39; Hoese & Reader 1985: 7; Hoese 1986: 789; Hoese & Obika 1988: 286; Chen & Shao 1997: 90; Akihito et al. in Nakabo 2000: 1248; Akihito et al. in Nakabo 2002: 1248; Randall et al. 2004: 27; Hiroshi et al. 2007: 67; Chen et al. 2010: 492; Shen & Wu 2011: 686.
Fusigobius neophytus africanus: Smith 1959: 208.
Coryphopterus neophytus: Randall 1995: 797; Randall et al. 1997: 401; Randall 2001: 207; Greenfield & Randall 2004: 518; Randall 2005: 525.
Materials examined. NTOUP 2010-09 - 478, 16.9 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. M-J Jiang et al., May 27, 2010; NTOUP 2012-03 - 261, 30.2 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, December 20, 2010; NTOUP 2012-03 - 262, 36.5 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, December 20, 2010; NTOUP 2012-03 -263,17.2 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 264, 15:11.8–18.5 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 265, 16.6 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 266, 16.6 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 267, 16.6 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 268, 19.0 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 269, 20.1 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012- 03 - 270, 20.2 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 271, 27.0 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 17, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 272, 20.1 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 18, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 273, 2: 17.5–18.2 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 18, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 274, 57.0 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H Gong, June 18, 2011; NTOUP 2012- 03 - 276, 34.8 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. Y-H Gong, June 21, 2011; NTOUP 2012-03 - 277, 32.5 mm SL, Northwest of Inner Atoll, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 20m, coll. Y-H Gong, June 22, 2011; NTOUP 2012-06 - 544, 29.1 mm SL, Chenggong, Taitung, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 6, 2007; NTOUP 2012-06 - 545, 23.5 mm SL, Chenggong, Taitung, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 5, 2007; NTOUP 2012- 06 - 546, 41.0 mm SL, Chenggong, Taitung, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., April 6, 2007; NTOUP 2012-06 - 547, 24.1 mm SL, Jihuei, Chenggong, Taitung, 15 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., August 18, 2006; NTOUP 2012-06 - 548, 29.5 mm SL, Nanwan, Kenting, Pingtung County, 20 m, coll. K-T Chen and Y-H gong, May 4, 2011; NTOUP 2012-06 - 549, 16.2 mm SL, Lagoon, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. I-S Chen et al., September 21, 2011; NTOUP 2012-06 - 550, 6: 20.6–33.6 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen, September 21, 2011; NTOUP 2012-06 - 551, 4: 21.8–31.2 mm SL, North Coast, Dongsha Island, Kaohsiung City, 5 m, coll. K-T Chen, September 21, 2011; ASIZP00056483, 44.9 mm SL, Houbi Lack, Pingtung County, coll. J-P Chen, January 24, 1988; ASIZP0056785, 2: 49.0–53.0 mm SL, Maubitou, Pingtung County, Intertidal zone, coll. H-C Lee, June 19, 1975; ASIZP0058359, 7: 42.9–51.7 mm SL, Maubitou, Pingtung County, coll. H-C Lee, May 24, 1975.
Diagnosis. D1 VI; D2 I/9; A I/8; P modally 18; LR modally 25; TR7; SD1P 3. Pelvic fin with frenum with larger 5 th branched ray. Body and head with orange to brown small dots. A brown stripe below eye to upper lip. A larger brown spot on cheek. First dorsal fin with a median small black spot in front 2 rd spinous ray. Caudal peduncle with a median vertical bar. Caudal fin base with a small black spot about equal to pupil.
Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region. It can be found in northern, eastern, and southern Taiwan, as well as 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 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/14389668