Stiphodon mele n. sp., a new species of freshwater goby from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Sicydiinae), and comments about amphidromy and regional dispersion Author Keith, Philippe Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques, Ichtyologie, case postale 26, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) keith @ mnhn. fr keith@mnhn.fr Author Marquet, Gérard Richelieu, F- 75002 Paris (France) Author Pouilly, Marc Antenne IRD, UR 131, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Unidad de Limnología y Recursos Acuáticos, Casilla postale 2352, Cochabamba (Bolivia) text Zoosystema 2009 2009-09-30 31 3 471 483 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n3a5 journal article 10.5252/z2009n3a5 1638-9387 5398511 KEY TO VANUATUAN AND NEW CALEDONIAN SPECIES OF STIPHODON WEBER, 1895 1. 13 or 14 pectoral rays. Size < 3.5 cm .......................................................................... 2 — 15 pectoral rays. Size> 3.5 cm ........................................................... Stiphodon atratus 2. Second dorsal fins with 10 branched rays ..................................... Stiphodon rutilaureus — Second dorsal fins with 9 branched rays ..................................................................... 3 3. First and second dorsal fins with longitudinal black stripes ........... Stiphodon mele n. sp. — First and second dorsal fins without longitudinal black stripes .................................... 4 4. First dorsal fin of male non filamentous; less than 9 scales (or 9 scales) in transverse back series .......................................................................................................................... 5 — First dorsal fin of male filamentous; more than 9 scales in transverse back series ............ .................................................................................................... Stiphodon sapphirinus 5. Less than 35 premaxillary teeth; 12-16 scales in transverse forward series ... Stiphodon astilbos — More than 35 premaxillary teeth; 7 or 8 scales in transverse forward series .................... ......................................................................................................... Stiphodon kalfatak