A. Iwata et T. Hirata, A NEW GOBIID FISH, STONOGOBIOPS-PENTAFASCIATA, FROM KASHIWAJIMA ISLAND, KOCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN, Gyoruigaku Zasshi, 41(2), 1994, pp. 189-193
A new gobiid fish, Stonogobiops pentafasciata, is described on the bas
is of four specimens from Kashiwajima Island, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
It differs from other species of the genus in having a diagonal black
band from chin, through eye, to occiput; first dorsal fin rounded and
clear; posterior part of pelvic fin jet black; scales on anterior par
t of body embedded.