A handful of new species ofGobiodoncoral gobies have just been described from the Red Sea. The newGobiodonspecies were teased out of coral gobies from themarisrubri虽然一些物种也知道occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
SinceGobiodonare scale-less and not extremely distinct in some of their colorations, the newGobiodonspecies were identified primarily based on genetic analysis. A couple of the new species are bland but two of the others includingGobiodon fuscoruberandG. irregularisare actually quite attractive.
The dark redGobiodon fuscoruberpictured above is one of the standouts of the new coral goby species with a brilliant deep red coloration in life and in preserved images. The other neat one,Gobiodon irregularisboasts delicate, tessellated blue lines on a brownish body which fade away to reveal a fish that looks mostly red. The new Red Sea Gobiodon species are described by Herler et. al. in the latest issue of ZooTaxa.