Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930

Kovačić, Marcelo, Renoult, Julien P., Pillon, Roberto, Svensen, Rudolf, Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Engin, Semih & Louisy, Patrick, 2022, Identification of Mediterranean marine gobies (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) of the continental shelf from photographs of in situ individuals, Zootaxa 5144 (1), pp. 1-103 : 43

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Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930
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Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930 View in CoL ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 )—De Buen’s Goby

Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930: 51 View in CoL , Figs. 33–34 View FIGURE 33 View FIGURE 34 ; no type locality stated.

Size. Maximum known size 3.8 cm total length ( Kovačić 2002b).

Morphology. D VI + I,8; A I,7; P 15–16 ( Kovačić 2002b). Small goby with subcylindrical body, laterally compressed towards caudal fin. Head slightly depressed and fairly long. Eyes large and close together, with narrow interorbital space. Caudal peduncle slender, clearly lower than body depth. Dorsal fins of similar height, first dorsal fin more or less with rounded edge with no elongate spines. Caudal fin rounded. Scales visible on upper body only by reticulate pattern of pigmentation along scale edges.

Live coloration. Body dorsally mainly brown or beige with 4–5 well-defined, usually dark-edged, pale dorsal saddles, each terminating with a midlateral dark blotch; ventral half of body abruptly white with 10–12 narrow brownish bars ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 ). The cheek below orbit with darkened rectangular area formed by many small close-set dark dots. Typically 2 parallel dark dashes between eye and upper lip ( Fig. 41a View FIGURE 41 ): lower one broad and always visible, the upper one thin and sometimes hard to see ( Fig. 41b View FIGURE 41 ). Iris and eye rim dark gray to dark brown, often with well-defined light gray dots ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 ). First dorsal fin very lightly pigmented, sometimes appearing transparent. When visible, fin with 2 white longitudinal stripes alternating with 3 brown-yellow bands; sometimes small blackish dot in the posterior fin corner. No specific sexual dichromatism reported ( Kovačić 2002b).

Similar species. Buenia massutii , Pomatoschistus adriaticus , P. bathi , P. quagga .

Habitat. Infralittoral and circalittoral species, known from 1–48 m depth on coarse and medium grain sand bottoms ( Kovačić 2002b; Kovačić et al. 2018).

Geographic distribution. Mediterranean Sea. Recorded from the Balearic Islands (Kovačić et al. 2018), France ( Kovačić & Patzner 2009; Duhau et al. 2019; P. Louisy & P. Renoult, unpublished observations), Naples ( Sanzo 1911), Croatia in the Kvarner area ( Kovačić 2002b) and Mljet Island ( Kovačić et al. 2012b), Turkey, from Yeni Foça-Çakmaklý Island, Izmir in the Aegean Sea and Erdek-Horkos Island in the Sea of Marmara ( Engin et al. 2014).

Duhau, M., Pillon, R. & Louisy, P. (2019) Signalisation de / Record of Buenia affinis, 31 December 2019 (obs. 06 August 2018, photo # 5462). Fish Watch Forum, Louisy, P. & Francour, P. (Ed.). Available from: https: // www. fish-watch. org (accessed 28 September 2021)

Engin, S., Keskin, A. C., Akdemir, T. & Seyhan, D. (2014) First record of the goby Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930 (Gobiidae) from the Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara. Zoology in the Middle East, 60, 368 - 371. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2014.970380

Iljin, B. S. (1930) Le systeme des Gobiides. Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, 2, 1 - 63.

Kovacic, M. (2002 b) A northern Adriatic population of Buenia affinis (Gobiidae). Cybium, 26, 197 - 201.

Kovacic, M. & Patzner, R. A. (2009) Reidentification of Buenia specimens (Gobiidae) from Banyuls-sur-Mer (France, western Mediterranean). Cybium, 33, 175 - 176.

Kovacic, M., Sanda, R., Kirincic, M. & Zanella D. (2012 b) Geographic distribution of gobies (Gobiidae) in the Adriatic Sea with thirteen new records for its southern part. Cybium, 36, 435 - 445. https: // doi. org / 10.26028 / cybium / 2012 - 363 - 003

Sanzo, L. (1911) Distribuzione delle papille cutanee (organi ciatiforme) e suo valore sistematico nei Gobi. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 20, 249 - 328.

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FIGURE 33. The mouth unmarked at corner in A) G. bucchichi and B) H. ingressus. Dark dot on the corner of the mouth in C) G. auratus, D) G. incognitus, E) G. xanthocephalus and F) G. fallax. Area marked with hollow circle. Photos by R. Svensen (A), S. Engin (B), M. Kovačić (C, D, F), and P. Louisy (E). C and F photographed in a tank.

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FIGURE 34. Live coloration in its natural habitat of Gobius bucchichi. Photo by R. Pillon, Rab Island, Croatia, Northern Adriatic Sea.

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FIGURE 41. Live coloration in its natural habitat of Buenia affinis. Photos by R. Pillon, Rab Island, Croatia, Northern Adriatic Sea.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Buenia