Notes on type specimens of Rhinogobius flumineus (Mizuno 1960) (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and Cobitis takatsuensis Mizuno 1970 (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) in Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Tokushima, Japan
Author
Ito, Taiki
Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Hachiman-cho, Tokushima 770 - 8070, Japan
Author
Suzawa, Yuzuru
Institute of River Biology Ltd., Hinosato, Munakata, Fukuoka 811 - 3425, Japan
Author
Sato, Yoichi
Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Hachiman-cho, Tokushima 770 - 8070, Japan
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Zootaxa
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.8
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10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.8
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Rhinogobius flumineus
(Mizuno 1960)
(
Figs. 4
–
7
)
Holotype
:
TKPM-P 3000
, female, 37.0 mm SL,
Sojya-gawa River
,
Oshita
,
Ochi District
,
Ehime
,
Japan
,
31 August 1959
,
N. Mizuno.
Paratypes
:
All paratypes collected with holotype.
TKPM-P 3001
, female,
34.2 mm
SL
;
TKPM-P 3002
, male,
33.5 mm
SL
;
TKPM-P 3003
, male,
32.3 mm
SL
;
TKPM-P 3004
, male,
38.2 mm
SL
;
TKPM-P 3005
, female,
34.3 mm
SL
.
Remarks.
Mizuno (1960b)
noted that while he had preserved the type specimens of the species in “my collection,” each type specimen had not been individually assigned a number. After TKPM received these type specimens, TKPM-P registration numbers were assigned to the
holotype
and
five paratypes
.
Specimen jars containing the
holotype
and
paratypes
were labeled with their type status, localities, and collection dates. The collection date indicated on these jar labels was
31 August 1959
, whereas
Mizuno (1960b)
erroneously described the collection date of the
holotype
and
paratypes
as
30 August 1959
.
In
Mizuno (1960b)
, neither the vertebral count nor details of the cephalic sensory system of each of the type specimens of
R. flumineus
were provided. Herein, in
Fig. 6
, we present an illustration of the cephalic sensory system of the
holotype
, as well as the vertebral counts (abdominal + caudal) of the
holotype
and
five paratypes
as follows:
TKPM-P 3000
: 11+17,
TKPM-P 3001
: 11+16,
TKPM-P 3002
: 11+17,
TKPM-P 3003
: 11+17,
TKPM-P 3004
: 11+17,
TKPM-P 3005
: 11+17.