A new species of marine goby Trimma (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 of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. * Corresponding author Author Harefa, Tonisman Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-10 5550 1 46 65 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.8 journal article 306359 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.8 9586351c-84f3-4316-b410-affdade462e9 1175-5326 14389654 165DCA2C-200B-42D8-B58C-A8BCCC673560

TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements of Trimma tigrinum sp. nov from Taiwan.

	Holotype			Paratypes
	Female		Male			Female
			(9 specimens)			(13 specimens)
		Min	Max	Av	Min	Max	Av
Standard length (mm SL)	20.1	18.9	27.6		18.7	26.8
% in SL
Head length	29.1	27.5	30.9	29.5	27.8	30.2	28.7
Snout to 1st dorsal origin	37.2	35.3	38.5	37.1	34.9	38.0	36.6
Snout to 2nd dorsal origin	55.7	54.6	58.3	56.8	55.5	58.7	57.2
Snout to anus	54.9	52.1	56.0	53.8	50.2	54.4	53.1
Snout to anal fin origin	60.2	55.9	60.4	58.3	55.9	61.2	58.3
Prepelvic length	28.8	27.8	31.2	29.5	27.8	31.0	29.1
Caudal peduncle length	21.9	20.3	24.3	22.7	21.5	24.9	22.9
Caudal peduncle depth	12.9	11.1	13.4	12.0	11.1	13.0	11.8
First dorsal fin base	18.6	13.8	18.9	17.0	13.6	19.0	16.7
Second dorsal fin base	19.3	18.6	21.6	19.8	18.1	21.0	19.6
Anal fin base	18.1	16.8	19.6	18.2	16.5	19.8	17.8
Caudal fin length	22.6	19.7	22.7	21.9	18.4	24.3	21.9
Pectoral fin length	24.5	23.1	25.2	24.5	23.3	28.0	24.7
Pelvic fin length	37.6	31.4	38.7	35.8	33.3	38.7	36.0
Body depth of pelvic fin origin	23.9	21.3	24.1	22.8	21.7	24.6	22.8
Body depth of anal fin origin	21.3	19.9	22.1	20.8	19.5	21.9	20.4
Body width of anal fin origin	13.6	11.1	13.5	12.6	11.4	13.8	12.2
Pelvic fin origin to anus	28.2	24.7	28.8	26.0	24.8	27.4	26.0
% in HL
Snout length	18.3	15.7	18.9	17.0	13.4	18.9	16.6
Eye diameter	40.6	37.6	42.7	39.7	36.9	43.2	39.3
Postorbital length	40.9	38.4	40.7	39.5	36.6	42.1	39.6
Check depth	24.3	24.2	28.2	26.1	23.5	30.8	25.7
Head width in upper gill opening	50.7	45.3	53.4	48.4	45.9	54.6	49.4
Head width in maximum	77.4	62.6	79.2	71.9	64.9	79.6	71.5
Fleshy interorbital width	17.3	9.4	18.9	15.8	8.6	18.0	14.8
Bony interorbital width	2.7	1.8	3.2	2.4	1.7	3.0	2.3
Lower jaw length	40.8	38.4	41.0	39.8	31.8	41.8	39.3