Distinctive color variation in Rhinolepadichthys geminus (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) from Alor Islands, Indonesia: morphological and molecular insights
G. V. Limmon,
K. Wibowo,
A. Priyadi
et al.
Abstract:Rhinolepadichthys geminus, one of three recently described species in the genus Rhinolepadichthys (previously known as Lepadichthys lineatus complex), is characterized by several distinct diagnostic morphological and color features, including a pair of yellow stripes on the body ventral midline. However, one of three specimens recently collected from the Alor Islands, Indonesia, possessed a yellow circular line, instead of a pair of yellow stripes, indicating that the latter were not an invariable feature. Mor… Show more
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