A New Rhinogobius Species from Zhejiang Province, China (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

A new freshwater goby, Rhinogobius wuyiensis sp. nov., was found in the Wuyi river(28°51'N，119° 46'E）in Zhejiang Province, China. The spot pattern on the head of this species was similar to R. lentiginis, but differed from this species in a number of ways: head had cephalic lateralis canals (vs. without cephalic lateralis canals); vertebral count 10+16=26 (vs. 27）; anal fin has 7-9 branched fin-rays (vs. 6-7）; head had an irregular spot pattern which were joined together (vs. with regular dots）; inner branchiostegal memberane without dots in male(vs. with many dots).