Feia nympha

Abstract: Lachner, Ernest A., and James F. McKinney. Two New Gobiid Fishes of the Genus Gobiopsis and a Redescription of Feia nympha Smith. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 299, 18 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, 1979.—The genus Gobiopsis Steindachner is redefined to embrace two new Indo-Pacific species, Gobiopsis exigua and G. springeri, and to include the nominal species, Callogobius atratus Griffin. Descriptions of the new species are provided and a redescription of G. atrata is presented. Gobiopsis exigua is known from two widely disjunct regions, the Gilbert and Fiji Islands, Pacific Ocean, and the Comores and Amirantes Islands, western Indian Ocean. Gobiopsis springeri is known only by the holotype taken at Ceram, Indonesia, and G. atrata is endemic to the New Zealand fauna. The scope of the generic concept is broadened and a revised generic diagnosis is presented. An expanded key includes 13 species allocated to the genus. The monotypic genus, Feia Smith, and type-species, F. nympha Smith, are redescribed and the superficial relationship of the genus Feia to Gobiopsis is compared and discussed. The two new species and G. atrata, all other species of Gobiopsis collectively, and Feia nympha are compared in Tables 2 and 3 using 21 meristic, sensory, various morphological, and color characters, and their interrelationships are discussed in the text. The inclusion of the three species within Gobiopsis expands the known range of the genus to include certain tropical insular areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans and the temperate waters of New Zealand. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is recorded in the Institution's annual report, Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN: The coral Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus). Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lachner, Ernest A. Two new gobiid fishes of the genus Gobiopsis and a redescription of Feia nympha Smith (Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 299) Bibliography: p. 1. Gobiopsis—-Classification. 2. Feia—Classification. 3. Fishes—Classification. I. McKinney, James F., joint author. II. Title. III. Series: Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 299. QL1.S54 no. 299 [QL6S8.G7] 591'.08s [59T.58] 79-11929