High sympatric diversity of non-diadromous freshwater
gobies of genus Rhinogobius Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
from upper Shinanjiang , Anhuei Province, China
I-Shiung Chen1, 2
1. National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquariun, Pingtung 944, Taiwan ROC.
2. Institute of Marine Resources, National Sun Yst-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan,
ROC.
The freshwater gobies of genus Rhinogobius Gill, 1859 have been collected and
studied recently around Huangshan (Yellow mountain), the tributary of Shinanjiang,
Chiangtangjiang basin, Anhuei Province, China. There are three species discovered.
One is the nominal species: Rhinogobius davidi (Suavage et Dabry, 1874) and another
two species are new to science. The two new species can be distinguished from other
congeneric species by their differentiation of meristic, head canal system and specific
coloration patterns. We firstly reported the three sympatric, non-diadromous species
of freshwater gobies from same locality within this genus in the West Pacific.