As we begin wrapping up yet another full year of reporting every aspect of saltwater aquarium news, we’re approaching our annual year-end recaps of all the new species that grabbed our attention in 2019. As usual some very abundant groups dominate the Top 10 New Species recaps and this year it was the gobies that really added to the latinized body count.
我们甚至没有涵盖小底部圆柱鱼的每一个新物种,而是优先考虑那些可能适合水族馆寿命的人,或者与我们已经保留的物种有关。看到大量的纳米,矮人和侏儒的大量Eviota和Trimmagenera add to their numbers, and we even perused a new complete key to over 100 species ofTrimma!
But of particular interest in 2019 was the official description of two small gobies that have already been enjoyed by small fish aquarist before. Many had long suspected that the Hector’s gobies from the Red Sea were somewhat different fromKoumansetta Hectorifrom the rest of the world, and taxonomists agreed enough to erect a separate species for it. Additionally, the magnificent fan shrimp goby which was long ascribed to theFlabelligobius实际上,属被正式归类为Tomiyamichthys.
We have a lot more recaps to go for new species of marine life that were given the binomial nomenclature treatment this past year so stay tuned, because there’s a lot more than gobies for us all to add to our mental aquarium libraries.
Tomiyamichthys emilyae, the Official Description of the Magnificent Fan Shrimp Goby
Cryptocentrus altipinna, a New Species of Highfin Shrimpgoby