Microdous hanlini (Gobiiformes: Odontobutidae), a new species of the fine-toothed sleepers from Guangxi, China Author Wang, Fangxin Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China & Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China Author Wei, Mulan Du’an Yao Autonomous County Aquatic Technology Station, Hechi, Guangxi 530700, China. Author He, You Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China. Author Li, Chenhong Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China & Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China text Zootaxa 2024 2024-07-09 5477 3 367 379 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.6 journal article 299927 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.6 95f6cc49-b3ef-4540-8174-0e29f5572b98 1175-5326 12732998 41523CF9-C99B-490D-BB77-3336A59D1E07

TABLE 1. Comparison of measurements of Microdous hanlini sp. nov. vs M. chalmersi and M. amblyrhynchos.

Species		Microdous hanlini								M. chalmersi				M. amblyrhynchos
Specimen	SOU1801015 - 1	SOU1801015 - 2	SOU1801015 - 3	SOU1801015 - 4	SOU1801015 - 5	SOU1801015 - 6	SOU1801015 - 7	SOU1801015 - 8	70504	v 8791	v 9228	832384	v 8792	SOU1801010 - 7	SOU1801010 - 8	SOU1801010 - 1	SOU1801010 - 2	SOU1801010 - 3
Percentage of head length (%)
Maximum head width	52.17	51.95	57.34	55.09	58.34	56.06	51.36	58.01	48.86	49.23	53.33	48.34	49.60	60.98	62.73	64.87	57.95	62.16
Interorbital width	14.75	18.74	17.47	16.81	16.77	18.58	14.87	15.39	8.67	11.92	13.33	12.31	9.73	26.78	26.2	27.23	26.92	26.13
Snout length	30.97	33.15	35.27	28.8	34.09	31.40	30.75	34.24	31.45	34.17	39.59	31.07	33.30	26.39	27.33	27.32	27.78	27.03
Percentage of head width (%)
Interorbital width	53.28	49.78	46.45	61.97	52.99	58.76	62.25	48.15	37.93	42.39	45.03	47.75	47.16	41.97	46.46	42.03	43.93	41.77