taxonID	type	description	language	source
E178BB1498CE6844D8D6BFABFF3D7D8B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Clariger taiwanensis can be distinguished from other congeners by the following unique combination of features: (1) fin rays: dorsal-fin rays III, I / 8; anal-fin rays modally I / 8; and pectoral-fin rays modally 19 (2 free + 16 + 1 free); (2) head with longitudinal dermal ridge including 6 barbels; and (3) specific coloration pattern when alive: head and trunk dark brown with scattered pale spots and blotches; cheek, ventral portion of head sometimes pale with deep brown spots; pectoral-fin base with a dark brown band; and caudal fin mostly dark brown proximally and with alternating and irregular dark brown and pale bands distally.	en	Jang-Liaw, Nian-Hong, Gong, You-Hai, Chen, I-Shiung (2012): A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 199: 13-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645
E178BB1498CE6844D8D6BFABFF3D7D8B.taxon	description	Description. Body rather slender, cylindrical anteriorly and laterally compressed posteriorly (all morphometric data are shown in Table 1). Head flat and depressed. Eye small. Interorbital region wide, bony interorbital width more than twice diameter of eye. Horizontal, infraorbital dermal ridge on upper part of cheek with 6 barbels (Fig. 1). Snout flat and rather short. A pair of distinct longitudinal dermal folds beside nasal tubes on snout. Anterior nasal opening in forward-facing short tube, and posterior nasal opening round, flat. Mouth rather large, maxilla extending to vertical through rear margin of orbit. Teeth minute, jaws with 3 - 5 rows of conical teeth, teeth in outer rows largest in both jaws. Tongue margin bilobed anteriorly. Gill opening somewhat restricted, extending only slightly below lower margin of pectoral-fin base. Anus located anterior to vertical through origin of second dorsal fin. VC 14 + 18 = 32 (9 specimens). Trunk and head entirely naked. Fins: D 1 III (9 specimens); D 2 I / 8 (9); A I / 8 (8) or I / 9 (1); P 19 (2 + 16 + 1) (8) or 20 (2 + 17 + 1) (1). D 1 very short in height and length. D 2 and A of similar size and shape. A origin just in front of D 2 origin. D 2 origin on vertical between 1 st and 2 nd branched rays of A. P small and rounded, its length about equal to postorbital length, with 2 thin free, filamentous rays dorsally and 1 free, filamentous ray ventrally. C rounded. V with round sucking disc with complete frenum. Head lateral-line system: Head canals: head lacking sensory canals and head pores (as for genus). Sensory papillae: all infraorbital sensory papillae arranged in longitudinal pattern. Row a long and extending forward to below nostrils. Row b extending from anterior region of dermal ridge to posterior region of cheek. Row c long, running below the dermal ridge. Single cp located near row c. Row d located just above upper lip, row d 1 well separated from row d. Rows ot and oi well separated. Row p surrounding orbit in interorbital region. Colouration in fresh and preserved specimens: Head and trunk mostly dark brown with scattered pale spots and blotches when alive. Some individuals with larger pale spots in ventral half of trunk. Cheek, ventral portion of head, and underside of anterior portion of trunk sometimes pale with deep brown spots. First dorsal fin translucent with brown dotted spinous rays. Pectoral and second dorsal fins translucent with small deep brown spots. Pectoral-fin base with a dark brown band. Anal fin translucent with a few dark brown spots mostly on the branched rays. Caudal fin mostly dark brown proximally and with alternating and irregular dark brown and pale bands distally. Long preserved specimens with similar overall dark pattern as described above except disappearance of body pale spots.	en	Jang-Liaw, Nian-Hong, Gong, You-Hai, Chen, I-Shiung (2012): A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 199: 13-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645
E178BB1498CE6844D8D6BFABFF3D7D8B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The new species has only been found from the coastal regions of Taipei County as well as Keelung City, Taiwan. It is highly likely that it represents an endemic marine gobiid species of Taiwan (Fig. 3).	en	Jang-Liaw, Nian-Hong, Gong, You-Hai, Chen, I-Shiung (2012): A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 199: 13-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645
E178BB1498CE6844D8D6BFABFF3D7D8B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name, taiwanensis, is in reference to the type locality from the coastal rocky shores of northern Taiwan.	en	Jang-Liaw, Nian-Hong, Gong, You-Hai, Chen, I-Shiung (2012): A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 199: 13-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.199.2645
