Navigobiusvittatusis a new species of deepwater dartfish that has just been described from specimens collected around Borneo.Navigobiusdewa拉开了这激动人心的一代us of dartfish several years ago and since then, several more undescribed species of these goby like fish have been discovered from thePhilippinesto theMaldives.
Like the shallower water firefish of theNemateleotrisgenus, theNavigobiusare endowed with graceful, slender body, well ornamented finnage, and delicate shades of pink, blue and yellow colors.Navigobiusvittatusis only the second species in the genus, and so far appears to be the smallest of the species, described and undescribed.
新铸造的Navigobiusvittatusis distinguished by being the smallest member of the group so far, at a maximum size of just 23 mm standard length, or barely an inch long if you count the tail. Speaking of which,N. Vittatushas quite the caudal fin with a well scalloped lyretail that terminates into rather long filaments.
小尺寸和高度装饰的性质N. Vittatus将其与类似的矮人dart鱼一致Aioliops和Parioglossusgenera. The dwarf dartfishParioglossus winterbottomi也有很好的赋予，但来自印度，对于新的文莱犬犬来说，不太可能会感到困惑。
像所有dant鱼一样，Navigobius的第一和第二背鳍非常明显N. Vittatus第一张背鳍射线还具有一些小的丝状延伸。身体的身体N. Vittatus有点苍白，但是浅黄色的鳍片被蓝色的薰衣草线穿越。
在渐进的礁石坡上，在28至30米之间或90至100英尺之间的渐进礁坡上观察到了新的文莱犬只的教育。协议。虽然Navigobiusvittatus通过在文莱（Brunei）的收集标本来引起科学界的注意，这种新的dant鱼引起了Trimma.net贡献者在日本拍摄的标本的水族馆爱好的注意。
像之前许多其他不寻常的鱼一样Navigobiusvittatusis not the first fish to come to light in the aquarium world before being officially recognized by science. As we’ve written before, there’s still a couple more undescribed species yet to be officiated into the genus and we really hope to see even more of the elegant species ofNavigobiusdartifish.
The Brunei dartfishNavigobiusvittatusis described by Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani in the海洋科学基金会杂志.
