This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Harefa, Tonisman, Chen, I-Shiung (2022): A new species of gobiid fish Lentipes niasensis (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from Nias Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5189 (1): 57-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.8

Abstract

A new species of goby of the subfamily Sicydiinae, Lentipes niasensis, is described from the stream of Humogo River, Nias Island, Indonesia. This species can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of features: (1) fin ray counts: D2 I/10; A I/10; P 17–18; D1 not connected to D 2 in either sex. (2) squamation: LR 7–11; anterior half of body naked, lateral body scales present from 5–6 th rays of second dorsal-fin to hypural, embedded in skin. (3) upper jaw teeth in male 14–19 and in female 33–38. (4) urogenital papilla in male slender and distally pointed, flanked by pair of associated fleshy lobes and not retractable into sheath–like groove. (5) distinctive colour pattern of male: upper lip greyish, red patches on the pectoral-fin base, on mid-body below origin of second dorsal-fin and at caudal peduncle.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/bc887ada-48ad-43ea-a4c5-27f3360d3c02
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/6B031771FF80FFC9EF21FFDFFF88EF4C
Citation: Harefa T, Chen I, plazi (2022). A new species of gobiid fish Lentipes niasensis (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from Nias Island, Indonesia. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fv528z accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.