| Citation | Schliewen, U.K., P. Wirtz and M. Kovačić, 2018, Didogobius janetarum sp. nov., a new cryptobenthic goby species from the Cape Verde Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae).. Zootaxa 4438(2):381-393. |
| Ref. | 118256 Schliewen, U.K., P. Wirtz and M. Kovačić, 2018 |
| Page | 382;fig.1a-c;2-4; |
| Named Used as Valid | Didogobius janetarum |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Republic of Cabo Verde, Santiago Island, King Bay at Tarrafal, ZSM 45303. |
| Distribution | Santiago Island, Republic of Cabo Verde. |
| Quote | The genus re-diagnosis is as follows: Didogobius are Gobiinae sensu Pezold (1993) with the following characters: (1) suborbital papillae without row a; (2) six suborbital transverse rows present, row 3 missing, last row 7 represented by a single papilla or several papillae near pore ? or if the head canal is absent it is near replacement large papilla; (3) suborbital row 5 long, from near eye to near row d; (4) paired rows of interorbital transversal papillae absent, if head canal absent, individual large replacement papillae are present but not a pair of transversal rows. (5) Head naked, predorsal area naked or scaled posteriorly (scaled up to six rows of cycloid scales in middorsal and up to approx. 1/4 of predosal area length); (6) no mental barbels; (7) pelvic disc complete with fully developed anterior membrane (frenum); (8) head canals variably reduced from anterior oculoscapular and preopercular canals present and posterior oculoscapular canal absent to complete absence of head canals. |