Bryaninops spongicolus
Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall, 2012
Gobiid fishes of the genus Bryaninops from the Red Sea, with description of two new species and two new recordsAbstract
Three species of the gobiid fish genus Bryaninops were previously known for the Red Sea: B. natans, B. ridens, and B. yongei. Two new species are described, B. discus, similar to B. loki, differing in coloration and in having dish-like instead of cup-like pelvic fins in adults; and B. spongicolus, closely related to B. dianneae from Fiji, distinct in having shorter pelvic fins, a rounded instead of truncate caudal fin, and differences in life color. Bryaninops loki and B. tigris are reported as first records for the Red Sea, the former from a specimen from Sudan and an underwater photo from the Sinai Peninsula, the latter from an underwater photo taken off Egypt.
TOSHIYUKI SUZUKI, SERGEY V. BOGORODSKY & JOHN E. RANDALL
Zootaxa 3170: 1–17 (2012)