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03A17910FFDCFF86FF4147F8FB9BAFE9.text	03A17910FFDCFF86FF4147F8FB9BAFE9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Luciogobius delicatus Chang & Shen & Chen 2025	<div><p>Luciogobius delicatus sp. nov.</p><p>[New English name: delicate earthworm goby]</p><p>(DZÊṃḛ)</p><p>(Figs 1–2)</p><p>Materials examined</p><p>Holotype. NTOUP-2006-06-310, 38.2 mm SL, Londong, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC, coll. I-S. Chen, June 12, 2006.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Luciogobius delicatus sp. nov. can be well distinguished from the other congeneric species by the following unique combination of features: (1) second dorsal fin rays: I/10 asnd anal fin rays I/12; (2) pectoral fin rays 14 and with one upper, short free soft ray; (3) vertebral count: 22 + 22 = 44; and (4) specific coloration: body and head rather light, creamy yellow. Pectoral fin base with several tiny black spots. Caudal fin pale brown. Second dorsal fin translucent with tiny black dots.</p><p>Description</p><p>Body proportions listed in Table 1. Body very slender, cylindrical anteriorly and somewhat compressed posteriorly. Head flat and depressed. Cheek rather fleshy. Eye very small. A horizontal dermal fold with papillae row on upper part of cheek and below orbit. Snout flat and short. Anterior nasal opening as a protruded, horizontal short tube and posterior nasal opening as a round hole. Interorbital region wide. Mouth very oblique and rather large, maxillary extending beyond rear vertical of orbit in male. lower jaw rather prominent compared to upper jaw. Teeth rather minute, with 4–5 rows of tiny conical teeth where outer rows larger in both jaws. Tongue somewhat pointed, but anterior tip bilobed. Gill opening rather restricted, extending merely slightly below lower margin of pectoral base. Anus located in posterior half of body. Vertebral count 22 + 22 = 44.</p><p>Fins. D2 I/10, A I/12, P 14. V I/3+I/3. D1 absent. D2 with middle one third portion of rays longest. A shape similar to D2. Both first spines in D2 and A relatively short. A origin in front of D2 origin. D2 origin inserted vertically between 3rd and 4th branched rays of A. Both rear tip of D2 and A far from procurrent rays of C when depressed. P rounded and its length much shorter than postorbital length. P with one tiny free soft ray on upper margin near upper basal region. V very small with reduced total rays. C elliptical. V as a very reduced, round sucking disc with complete frenum.</p><p>Scales. Both body and head entirely naked without any scales.</p><p>Head lateral-line system</p><p>Head canals: head lacking any canal and head pores entirely.</p><p>Sensory papillae: a series of infraorbital sensory papillae, typically representing a longitudinal pattern. Row a long and extending to snout which upward to surrounding eye diameter in interorbital region. Row b rather long starting slightly behind middle vertical of eye, its length about two times eye diameter. Row c mainly below dermal fold and long. A single cp located below rear Row c. Row d shorter than row c. Row f paired only as two papillae. Opercle with three rows ot, os, and oi. Rows oi and ot well separated. Rows z as a single vertical row.</p><p>Coloration when fresh</p><p>Body and head rather light, creamy yellow entirely. Pectoral fin base with several tiny black spots.</p><p>Caudal fin pale brown. Second dorsal fin translucent with tiny black dots.Anal fin translucent and unmarked.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Till present, this species has merely been found in the coastal region of New Taipei City in Taiwan. It is an intertidal species on the island. There is a high possibility that it is a species endemic to Taiwan.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name, delicatus refers to the specific feature of current new species with ‘delicate’ tiny black spots.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The current species is rather similar to L. chaojinensis rather than any other species in having extremely slender body and pectoral fin with one upper free ray. However, the new species, L. delicatus can be well distinguished from L. chaojinensis by the following features: (1) body color in alive: creamy yellow vs. reddish brown; (2) pectoral fin rays: 14 vs. 12–13; (3) vertebral count: 44 vs. 41. The current species is very rare even the type is only one found in northern Taiwan. The further exploration of current new species is very essential.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A17910FFDCFF86FF4147F8FB9BAFE9	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	Chang, Chih-Wei;Shen, Kang-Ning;Chen, I-Shiung	Chang, Chih-Wei, Shen, Kang-Ning, Chen, I-Shiung (2025): A new species of Luciogobius Gill (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5738 (1): 27-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.6
03A17910FFDEFF87FF4142CDFA26AE74.text	03A17910FFDEFF87FF4142CDFA26AE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Luciogobius	<div><p>Diagnostic key for 7 nominal species of Luciogobius from Taiwan and the Matsu Islands, ROC</p><p>1a Vertebral count 36........................................................ L. newtaipeiensis Chen et al. 2024b</p><p>1b Vertebral count more than 36............................................................................ 2</p><p>2a Pectoral fin with 1 or more upper free ray(s)............................................................... 3</p><p>2b Pectoral fin without any upper free rays....................................... L. opisthoprotus Chen &amp; Liao 2024</p><p>3a Pectoral fin with 1 upper free ray......................................................................... 4</p><p>3b Pectoral fin with more than 1 upper free ray................................................................ 5</p><p>4a Pectoral fin modally 16; vertebral count 37–38.................................... L. matsuensis Chen et al. 2024a</p><p>4b Pectoral fin ray less than 16............................................................................. 6</p><p>5a Second dorsal fin modally I/15; pectoral fin with 4 upper free rays; vertebral count 39.... L. huatungensis Chen et al. 2024b</p><p>5b Second dorsal fin I/16; pectoral fin with 3 upper free rays; vertebral count 41............ L. dongyinensis Chen et al. 2024a</p><p>6a Pectoral fin modally 13; vertebral count 41...................................... L. chaojinensis Chen et al. 2024b</p><p>6b Pectoral fin 14, vertebral count 44....................................................... L. delicatus sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A17910FFDEFF87FF4142CDFA26AE74	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	Chang, Chih-Wei;Shen, Kang-Ning;Chen, I-Shiung	Chang, Chih-Wei, Shen, Kang-Ning, Chen, I-Shiung (2025): A new species of Luciogobius Gill (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5738 (1): 27-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.6
