Table 3 in Rhinogobius mizunoi, A New Species of Freshwater Goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Japan

Table 3. Comparisons of 35 species of Rhinogobius with low or unknown vertebral counts. Morphological data chiefly follow those in references shown in Table 1.
SpeciesVertebraePredorsal scalesDistal tip of D1 of male (when the fin adpressed)Vertical dark lines or rows of dark spots on caudal finR. aporus260to 2nd*presentR. bedfordiunkownunkownto 6th*presentR. brunneus2611–13to 1st or 2nd*presentR. bucculentusunkown8–10not to origin**absentR. candidianus25–269–19beyond 2nd*absentR. carpenteriunkown0–fewto 1stabsentR. changjiangensis262–3not to origin**presentR. cliffordpopeiunkown0to 1st*presentR. delicatus2610–14not to origin**presentR. fluviatilis2613–18to 3rd*absentR. formosanus269–14to 2nd*presentR. fukushimaiunkown2–6to 1st or 2nd*presentR. gigas265–16to 3rd*presentR. henchuenensis2612–16to 1st*presentR. imfasciocaudatusunkown4beyond origin**absentR. kurodai266–15mostly not to origin**mostly absentR. lanyuensis2613–17to origin**presentR. leavelli266–16to 1st*presentR. maculafasciatus268–12to origin**presentR. mizunoi n. sp.2613–18to 4th*absentR. nagoyae2612–18to 4th–8th*presentR. nandujiangensis25–268–11to 4th or 5th*presentR. nantaiensis2613–17to 1st or 2nd*absentR. ogasawaraensis267–16to 2nd–6th*presentR. philippinusunkown12–14not to origin**absentR. reticulatus26–273–6not to origin**presentR. rubrolineatus263–5to 1stabsentR. sagittus263–4to origin**presentR. sangenloensis269–12to origin**presentR. shennongensisunkown5–6to 3th or 4th*presentR. sowerbyiunkown6–8unknownabsentR. variolatus26–278–11not to origin**presentR. virgigena2610–12not to origin**presentR. wuyiensis260–4to 4th or 5th*presentR. zhoui2610–12to 2nd*present
Abbreviations: D1, first dorsal fin; D2, second dorsal fin; *, segmented ray base of D2; **, of D2.