Lentipes armatus and Lentipes kijimuna male gobies (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Lentipes armatus and Lentipes kijimuna male gobies

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(Left) A male of Lentipes armatus, which was previously the only known Lentipes species in Japan. (Right) A male of the new species, Lentipes kijimuna, observed in a stream in Okinawa, Japan. The species was described in a new study by Dr. Ken Maeda, a staff scientist in the Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit.

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Ken Maeda

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