Schindleria

Ahnelt, Harald & Sauberer, Michael, 2018, A new species of Schindler's fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Schindleria) from the Malay Archipelago (Southeast Asia), with notes on the caudal fin complex of Schindleria, Zootaxa 4531 (1), pp. 95-108 : 100

Key to species of Schindleria

1a Teeth on jaws absent or numerous, narrow spaced and small; predorsal length 58–70 % SL; head length 12–22 % SL...... 2

1b Teeth on jaws few, large and widely spaced; predorsal length 72–76 % SL; head length 11 % SL; Indonesia, Philippines...................................................................................... S. macrodentata sp. nov.

2a Dorsal-fin rays 13–14; anal-fin rays 10–12; predorsal length 58–70 % SL......................................... 3

2b Dorsal-fin rays 15–22; anal-fin rays 13–18; predorsal length 53–54 % SL......................................... 5

3a Teeth on jaws absent; predorsal length 58–65 % SL; body depth at pectoral-fin base 8–12 % SL; body not pigmented; Queensland, Australia............................................................................ S. brevipinguis

3b Teeth small, numerous; predorsal length 66–70 % SL; body depth at pectoral-fin base 4–6 % SL; pigmented or no pigmentation................................................................................................. 4

4a Body with pigmentation; head length 14–15 % SL; eyes small with diameter 14–18 % of head length; body depth at anal-fin origin 9 % SL; northern Red Sea............................................................. S. nigropunctata

4b Body not pigmented; head length 17–18 % SL; eyes large with diameter 28–32 % of head length; body depth at anal-fin origin 5–7 % SL; northern Red Sea..................................................................... S. elongate

5a Dorsal-fin rays 16–22; anal fin originates below dorsal-fin rays 7–11; preanal length short, <55 % SL; Hawaiian Islands............................................................................................. S. praematura

5b Dorsal-fin rays 15–18; anal fin originates below dorsal-fin rays 1–3; preanal length long,> 60 % SL; Hawaiian Islands.............................................................................................. S. pietschmanni