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Salamansa Goby

Gobius salamansa Iglésias & Frotté 2015

Diagnostic Description

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The new species is characterized by a unique character among the gobiids: (1) an additional posterior ocular head pore, newly named a’, and connected to pore a by a suborbital branch of the anterior oculoscapular canal; (2) a distinctive multi-colored (white, red, black, yellow and brown) eyespot, located on the first dorsal fin.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9
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Biology

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Known only by 2 specimens at the date of the description.
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Salamansa goby

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The Salamansa goby (Gobius salamansa) is a species of marine fish from the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is only known from the Bay of Salamansa in the north of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, where it occurs to a depth of about 1 metre (3.3 ft).[1] The species was named and described by Samuel P. Iglésias and Lou Frotté in 2015.[2] The species name salamansa refers to the type location.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Gobius salamansa" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
  2. ^ Iglésias, S.P., Frotté, L. & Sellos, D.Y. (2015). "Gobius salamansa, a new species of goby (Gobiidae) from the Cape Verde Islands supported by a unique cephalic lateral line system and DNA barcoding". Ichthyological Research. 63 (3): 356–369. doi:10.1007/s10228-015-0505-4. S2CID 21218684.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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Salamansa goby: Brief Summary

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The Salamansa goby (Gobius salamansa) is a species of marine fish from the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is only known from the Bay of Salamansa in the north of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, where it occurs to a depth of about 1 metre (3.3 ft). The species was named and described by Samuel P. Iglésias and Lou Frotté in 2015. The species name salamansa refers to the type location.

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