Stiphodon, WEBER, 1895

Keith, Philippe, Marquet, Gérard & Pouilly, Marc, 2009, Stiphodon mele n. sp., a new species of freshwater goby from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Sicydiinae), and comments about amphidromy and regional dispersion, Zoosystema 31 (3), pp. 471-483 : 475

KEY TO VANUATUAN AND NEW CALEDONIAN SPECIES OF STIPHODON WEBER, 1895

1. 13 or 14 pectoral rays. Size <3.5 cm .......................................................................... 2

— 15 pectoral rays. Size> 3.5 cm ........................................................... Stiphodon atratus

2. Second dorsal fins with 10 branched rays ..................................... Stiphodon rutilaureus

— Second dorsal fins with 9 branched rays ..................................................................... 3

3. First and second dorsal fins with longitudinal black stripes ........... Stiphodon mele n. sp.

— First and second dorsal fins without longitudinal black stripes .................................... 4

4. First dorsal fin of male non filamentous; less than 9 scales (or 9 scales) in transverse back series .......................................................................................................................... 5

— First dorsal fin of male filamentous; more than 9 scales in transverse back series ............ .................................................................................................... Stiphodon sapphirinus

5. Less than 35 premaxillary teeth; 12-16 scales in transverse forward series ... Stiphodon astilbos

— More than 35 premaxillary teeth; 7 or 8 scales in transverse forward series .................... ......................................................................................................... Stiphodon kalfatak