identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
561C850BFFDAFFC049C210DAFD24FC21.text	561C850BFFDAFFC049C210DAFD24FC21.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptocentrus aureostriatus Chen & Liao & Shao 2025	<div><p>Cryptocentrus aureostriatus sp. nov.</p><p>(AE帶RḆ)</p><p>(Figs. 1–2)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>NTOUP- 2007-05-351, 48.1 mm SL, May 20, 2007, coll. Y.C. Liao, CP2653, Aurora, the Philippines.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Cryptocentrus aureostriatuss sp. nov. can be well distinguished from all other congeners by the unique combination of the following features: (1) second dorsal fin I/11; anal fin I/10; pectoral fin 16; (2) squamation: longitudinal scale rows 60–62; transverse scale rows 24; predorsal scale rows 17; (3) normal vertebral count 26; and (4) colouration in life: body generally creamy yellow, body with about eight major brown cross-bars; nape with two brown major bars; caudal fin base with a deep, vertical brown bar; head with three major oblique, parallel golden yellow stripes; snout tip with one short orange bar; the posterior tip of opercle with one yellow mark; first dorsal fin with three major oblique yellow stripes; second dorsal fin translucent with several yellow stripes; anal fin creamy yellow to pale white and unmarked.</p><p>Description</p><p>Body proportions as the following different values.</p><p>Head length 27.3; predorsal length 35.3; snout to second dorsal fin origin 52.9; snout to anal fin origin 59.2; snout to anus 55.9; prepelvic fin length 35.3; caudal peduncle length 19.0; caudal peduncle depth 9.6; first dorsal fin base 16.6; second dorsal fin base 33.3; anal fin base 23.3; caudal fin length 39.5; pectoral fin base 26.2; pelvic fin length 22.2; body depth in pelvic fin origin 21.3; body depth in anal fin origin 17.0; body width in pelvic origin 8.5; and pelvic fin origin to anus 25.7 all above as percentage in standard length.</p><p>Snout length 26.2; eye diameter 26.4; postorbital length 63.9; cheek depth 36.2; head width in upper gillopenning 42.2; head with in maximum 50.5; fleshy interorbital width 15.6; bony inteeorbital width 6.8; and lower jaw length 50.2 all all above as percentage in head length.</p><p>Body rather slender, subcylindrical anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Head subcylindrical and somewhat compressed. Snout profile very straight but steeply oblique. Lips thick. Eye relatively high and large. Eye diameter about equal to snout length. Outer profile of eye above dorsal-profile projection. Tongue margin rounded. Rear edge of mouth: extending to the vertical of midline of orbit. Anterior nostril as the short tube. Posterior nostril as an oblong pore anterior to lower part of eye. Postorbital range rather long. Gill-opening extending ventrally to about vertical of midline of opercle. Vertebral count 10+16=26.</p><p>Fins.— D1 VI, D2 I/11; A I/10; P 16; V I/5+I/5. D1 rounded, all anterior 5 spinous rays about equal. Origin of A inserted below about third branched rays of D2. Rear tips of D2 and A fin rays almost not extending to procurrent rays of C in both sexes. P moderate moderate large and oblong, rear tip merely reaching about vertical line of last spinous rays in male. V moderate size and rounded, the distal franum margin rather straight. C elliptical and middle extension somewhat pointed.</p><p>Scales.— Body mostly covered with rather small cycloid scales, predorsal scale rows 17. LR 60–62; TR 24; Pred 17; and SDP 18. Head and prepelvic region entirely naked.</p><p>Values in parenthese are the average.</p><p>Head lateral line system (Fig. 2)</p><p>Canals: Nasal extension of anterior oculoscapular canal with terminal pore σ located in above posterior nostrils. Anterior interorbital sections of oculoscapular canal with a single pore λ. A single pore κ in near rear of interorbital region and with paired pore ω. Lateral section of anterior oculoscapular canal with the front pore α, median pore β, and posterior terminal pore ρ. Posterior oculoscapular canal with two terminal pores θ and τ. Preopercular canal present with three pores including pore γ, δ and ε.</p><p>Sensory papillae: Typically cheek with transverse infraorbital papillae pattern. 5 major transverse rows of papillae below eye. In the middle crossing with very long row b starting from midline vertical of eye to corner of preopercule. Row d as the ventrally terminal points of all 5 transverse rows. Row 1 simple transverse. Row 2 mainly located below the longitudinal mid-line as row b. Row 3 long and crossing the row b. Row 4i mostly as linear transverse row below row b. Row 5 only seen as 5s as all papillae above row b. Row f as paired longitudinal row. Anterior edge of row oi connecting to lower region of row ot.</p><p>Coloration while fresh</p><p>Body generally creamy yellow, body with about eight major brown cross-bars, three before anus, five on posterior trunk. Belly snow white. Nape with two brown major bars. Caudal fin base with a deep, vertical brown bar.</p><p>Head with three major oblique, paralell golden yellow stripes. Snout tip with one short orange bar. Upper jaw with yellow median mark. The posterior tip of opercle with one yellow mark. First dorsal fin translucent with three major oblique yellow stripes. Second dorsal fin translucent with several yellow stripes. Caudal fin translucent with yellow marks on most of fin rays. Pectoral fin translucent. Pelvic fin pale white. Anal fin creamy yellow to pale white and unmarked.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name, aureostriatus, is referred to specific character on head with several parallel golden stripes (Latin: aureus + stiatus).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>The new species is very rare and only found from the type locality of current goby merely found from the coastal waters of Aurora, the Philippines. It is still possible to be found in other locality of eastern Taiwan after more intensive survey for further field exploration.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Therefore, the new species Cryptocentrus aureostriatus sp. nov. can be well distinguished from somewhat related species C. shigensis Kuroda, 1956 with blunt head and caudal fin as lanceolate profile among congeners by the following features: (1) pectoral fin rays 16 vs. 18; (2) second dorsal fin I/11 vs. I/10; (2) anal fin rays I/10 vs. I/9; (3) longitudinal scale 60–62 vs. 69; and (4) specific pattern: head with three paralell golden yellow stripes vs. no any such stripes; trunk with brown cross-bars vs. median oblong blotches. However, the detail distribution pattern of current new species is still far from under understanding, more field survey for current taxonomic group is still very essential in near future in the West Pacific.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/561C850BFFDAFFC049C210DAFD24FC21	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chen, I-Shiung;Liao, Yun-Chih;Shao, Kwang-Tsao	Chen, I-Shiung, Liao, Yun-Chih, Shao, Kwang-Tsao (2025): A new species of shrimp-goby genus Cryptocentrus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 5738 (1): 156-161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.19, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.19
