New record of Glossogobius laticeps (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Taiwan with notes on local congeneric species

In this study, the Taiwanese Glossogobius giuris population is proven to be a new western Pacific distributional record for Glossogobius laticeps. The new addition to Taiwanese Glossogobius fauna can be characterized by having longitudinal scale rows 33–35, transverse scale rows 9–11 and predorsal scale rows 22–24. Infraorbital papillae row a branched, and rows b, cp 1 and cp 2 in a patch of multiple minute papilla.

Trunk distinctly pigmented with numerous longitudinal black streaks in juvenile and adult, tip of chin with two small patches of melanophores and mostly unpigmented medially. A more detailed description of the genotyped materials is provided, with a discussion of the species’ distribution expansion.