Table 3 in A New Species with Two New Subspecies of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Yaeyama Group, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Table 3. Comparisons of 55 species-group taxa (species and subuspecies) of Rhinogobius with high or unknown vertebral counts
SpeciesVertebraeLongitudinal scalesDark spot of D1Bands or vertical rows Reference of dark spots on C.R. albimaculatus2829–31presentpresentChen et al., 1999aR. aonumai aonumai26–2832–37absentpresentThis studyR. a. ishigakiensis26–2833–38absentpresentThis studyR. boa2730–33presentpresentChen & Kottelat, 2005R. bucculentusunknown40–44absentabsentHerre, 1927R. carpenteri28–2934–40absentabsentEndruweit, 2017; Seale, 1910R. changtinensis2728–30presentpresentHuang & Chen, 2007R. cheni2734–36presentpresentChen et al., 2008; Koumans, 1940; Nichols, 1931R. chiengmaiensis2826–30presentpresentChen et al., 2008; Fowler, 1934; Koumans, 1940R. cliffordpopeiunknown28–29presentpresentNichols, 1925; Wu & Chen, 2008R. coccinella2827–30presentpresentEndruweit, 2018R. davidi2830–31presentabsent in male; present in femaleChen & Miller, 1998; Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874R. duospilus2729–31presentpresentHerre, 1935; Huang & Chen, 2007R. filamentosus2730–33presentpresentChen et al., 2008; Wu, 1939R. flumineus27–2830–36absentabsent or presentAkihito et al., 2013 & Errata; Mizuno, 1960b; This studyR. fukushimaiunknown30–31absentpresentMori, 1934; Wu & Chen, 2008R. genanematus2727–29absentpresentChen & Fang, 2006; Zhong & Tzeng, 1998R. henryi2830–32presentpresentChen et al., 2008; Herre, 1938R. honghensis2832–34presentpresentChen et al., 1999cR. houheensis3037–40presentabsentWanghe et al., 2020R. imfasciocaudatus27–2830–31presentabsentEndruweit, 2018; Nguyen & Vo, 2005R. immaculatus27–2829–31absentpresentLi et al., 2018R. lentiginis2730–32presentabsent in male; present in femaleChen & Miller, 1998; Wu & Zheng, 1985; Wu & Chen, 2008R. lindbergi27–2830–32presentpresentBerg,1933; Sakai et al., 2000R. lineatus2829–32presentpresentChen et al., 1999aR. linshuiensis27–2827–31presentpresentChen & Miller, 2014; Chen et al., 2002R. liui2935–39presentpresentChen & Wu, 2008R. longyanensis2730–32presentabsentChen et al., 2008R. lungwoensis2831–34presentpresentHuang & Chen, 2007R. maculagenys2732–34presentpresentWu et al., 2018R. maculicervix2829–32presentpresentChen & Kottelat, 2000R. maxillivirgatus2728–30presentpresentXia et al., 2018R. mekongianus2829–31presentpresentChen et al., 1999a; Pellegrin & Fang 1940R. milleri2728–31presentpresentChen & Kottelat, 2003R. multimaculatus2933–37presentpresentChen et al., 1999b; Wu & Zheng, 1985R. nammaensis2830–32presentpresentChen & Kottelat, 2003R. nanophyllum2829–32presentpresentEndruweit, 2018R. ngutinhoceps2930–32presentpresentEndruweit, 2018R. niger27–2835–37presentabsent in male; present in femaleHuang et al., 2016R. parvus2728–30absentabsent in male; present in femaleHuang et al., 2016; Luo, 1989R. philippinusunknown36–40absentabsentHerre, 1927R. phuongae28–2928–32presentabsent in male; present in femaleEndruweit, 2018R. ponkouensis2832–34presentpresentHuang & Chen, 2007R. rubromaculatus27–2829–32presentpresentLee & Chang, 1996; Wu & Chen, 2008R. shennongensisunknown31–33absentpresentWu & Chen, 2008; Yang & Xie, 1983R. sowerbyiunknown35–36absentabsentGinsburg, 1917R. sulcatus27–2826–29presentpresentChen & Kottelat, 2005R. szechuanensis2730–34absentpresentChen et al., 2008; Tchang, 1939; Wu & Chen, 2008R. taenigena2729presentpresentChen et al., 1999aR. vermiculatus2832–34presentpresentChen & Kottelat, 2003R. wangchuangensis2728–30presentabsent in male; present in femaleChen & Miller, 2014; Chen et al., 2002R. wangi2726–27presentpresentChen & Fang, 2006R. wuyanlingensis2730–32presentpresentYang et al., 2008R. xianshuiensis2729–32presentpresentChen et al., 1999b; Wu & Chen, 2008R. yaoshanensis2829–31presentpresentChen et al., 2008; Luo 1989
Abbreviations: D1, first dorsal fin; C, caudal fin