Three new species of Luciogobius Gill (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Taiwan Author Chen, I-Shiung Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Ren, Yu-Ting Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Keelung City Government, Keelung, 202201, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Jiang, Guo-Chen Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung, 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Penghu, 880011, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Wang, Shen-Chih National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Keelung, 202010, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Chang, Chih-Wei Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung, 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Department of Oceanography, and Institute of Marine Ecology and Conservation, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804201, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University; National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, 944401, Taiwan, R. O. C. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-10 5550 1 200 212 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.20 journal article 307570 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.20 c8351c0b-2a2a-4134-9105-a56af0f0e454 1175-5326 14388819 1113828A-7799-42B4-A1DF-349A5F4C5E5B

TABLE 1. Morphometry of three new species of Luciogobius from Taiwan.

Species	L. chaojinensis		L. huantungensis		L. newtaipeiensis
	Holotype	Paratype	Holotype	Paratypes (n=3)	Holotype	Paratype
Standard length (mm)	30.2	27.0	55.2	45.4–51.2	50.2	44.3
All in % of SL
Head length	15.5%	14.9%	20.5%	20.1–21.2(20.6)%	20.9%	16.7%
Snout to 2nd dorsal origin	73.4%	71.5%	67.0%	65.1–69.7(67.6)%	68.9%	70.6%
Snout to anus	66.6%	64.3%	61.4%	63.2–64.0(63.5)%	62.0%	65.0%
Snout to anal fin origin	69.3%	67.4%	70.5%	66.1–68.2(67.1)%	64.1%	67.4%
Preplevic length	17.9%	16.1%	20.5%	19.7–21.5(20.3)%	23.8%	21.3%
Caudal peduncle depth	6.9%	7.6%	9.3%	7.4–9.0(8.3)%	9.2%	8.9%
Caudal peduncle length	18.3%	17.7%	20.6%	18.6–20.6(19.7)%	16.0%	16.1%
2nd dorsal fin base	11.8%	11.6%	14.8%	16.8–18.4(17.9)%	18.7%	18.7%
Anal fin base	13.7%	14.0%	15.5%	15.0–15.9(15.6)%	20.2%	18.7%
Caudal fin length	10.3%	9.1%	14.1%	11.8–13.0(12.5)%	15.4%	14.1%
Pectoral fin length	8.1%	6.4%	12.9%	8.7–11.7(10.4)%	13.1%	12.5%
Pelvic fin length	2.2%	2.0%	5.6%	5.5–7.0(6.1)%	5.5%	4.8%
BD at pelvic fin origin	6.5%	7.8%	7.0%	6.5–7.6(7.1)%	10.5%	9.6%
BD at anal fin origin	7.9%	8.1%	9.5%	9.5–9.7(9.6)%	11.0%	10.3%
BW at anal fin origin	6.4%	6.6%	5.5%	4.9–6.7(5.7)%	8.9%	8.5%
Pelvic fin origin to anus	47.7%	47.5%	40.4%	41.5–44.6(43.1)%	39.5%	43.8%
All in % of HL
Snout length	29.3%	22.2%	30.1%	30.8–33.0(32.0)%	21.2%	20.7%
Eye diameter	11.8%	11.1%	7.6%	6.8–9.7(8.1)%	16.3%	15.2%
Cheek depth	29.1%	24.4%	19.2%	16.4–20.5(18.5)%	23.0%	21.4%
Postorbital length	65.0%	62.0%	65.8%	55.4–66.0(59.6)%	63.5%	73.3%
HW in MAX	65.0%	69.5%	57.4%	49.3–70.1(59.8)%	59.5%	63.1%
HW in upper gill opening	43.3%	50.8%	43.2%	40.5–51.4(47.4)%	53.6%	55.1%
Bony interorbital width	16.8%	24.6%	36.5%	29.0–37.9(32.3)%	19.2%	21.3%
Lower jaw length	37.3%	33.5%	44.7%	39.5–46.4(43.6)%	39.4%	41.3%