Trimma novemstriatum, a new species of marine goby fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Taiwan Author Harefa, Tonisman 0000-0003-2308-8669 Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. tonisharefa@gmail.com Author Chen, I-Shiung 0000-0002-4190-7720 Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. iscfish@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-12-30 5738 1 62 72 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.11 journal article 314548 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.11 789797d6-2edc-4af3-b1d0-992e48840c3b 1175-5326 19138050 103B845D-57DE-47DD-AB27-E890009852CD

TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements of Trimma novemstriatum sp. nov.

Gender	Male	Female
Type	Holotype	Paratypes (N = 9)
Size (mm SL)	21.1	min	max	average
		12.5	20.6
% in SL
Head length	27.9	26.7	29.3	27.9
Snout to 1st dorsal fin origin	36.3	34.5	36.4	35.5
Snout to 2nd dorsal fin origin	55.5	53.7	56.9	55.4
Snout to anus	52.0	51.1	54.1	52.3
Snout to anal fin origin	56.4	55.3	58.6	57.0
Prepelvic length	27.5	25.6	29.8	27.5
Caudal peduncle length	22.2	22.4	26.4	24.2
Caudal peduncle depth	12.3	11.7	12.8	12.5
First dorsal fin base	13.8	13.4	16.4	14.5
Second dorsal fin base	17.0	17.5	20.7	19.5
Anal fin base	16.1	15.2	18.5	16.5
Caudal fin length	23.7	22.3	26.5	23.9
Pectoral fin length	23.5	21.7	26.3	24.3
Pelvic fin length	32.5	31.6	38.1	35.2
Body depth at pelvic fin origin	21.1	20.9	22.8	21.7
Body depth at anal fin origin	19.9	17.3	21.5	19.6
Body width at anal fin origin	12.0	11.5	13.1	12.3
Pelvic fin origin to anus	21.6	21.7	23.8	22.6
% in HL
Snout length	9.9	9.3	11.5	10.5
Eye diameter	40.3	37.2	39.8	38.1
Postorbital length	39.3	36.8	41.2	39.2
Cheek depth	18.9	18	19.5	18.5
Head width at upper gill opening	45.7	47.2	51.4	48.9
Head width (maximum)	68.4	66.6	72.5	69.9
Fleshy interorbital width	13.9	13.2	17.2	14.8
Bony interorbital width	2.0	1.8	3.0	2.2
Lower jaw length	34.5	32.0	35.0	33.6