Lebetus, Whinter, 1877

Schliewen, Ulrich K., Kovačić, Marcelo, Cerwenka, Alexander F., Svensen, Rudolf & Ordines, Francesc, 2019, Lebetus patzneri (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new goby species from the Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean, with first records of Lebetus guilleti (Le Danois, 1913) from this area and Norway, and with notes on its biology, Zootaxa 4706 (2), pp. 231-254 : 236

Key to the species of Lebetus

1a P 17–21, A I/7–9. ........................................................................... L. scorpioides

1b P 14–17, A I/4–6. ..................................................................................... 2

2a Snout slightly larger than eye diameter; minute “black pepper spots” on predorsal area, dorsum, flanks and caudal peduncle, visible in fresh and preserved specimens; the most of the caudal peduncle similarly colored as the lateral area below D2, reddish or brown with no sharp dark-pale boundary between caudal peduncle and the rest of the body........... L. patzneri sp. nov.

2b Snout clearly shorter than eye diameter; no minute “black pepper” spots anywhere; sharp vertical S-shaped boundary between pale caudal peduncle and darker lateral area below D2 clearly visible despite inter- and intraspecific coloration variability............................................................................................... L. guilleti