taxonID	type	description	language	source
9B51F1FA8C4D5B3C93B0FC257C9B4071.taxon	description	English common name: Ward’s sleeper New Korean name: 갈색띠복기망둑 [gal-saeg-tti-bok-gi-mang-duk] Fig. 2; Table 1	en	Choi, Si-Won, Myoung, Se Hun, Bae, Chang-Soo, Woo, Min-Su, Kim, Yun-Bae, Park, Joo Myun (2025): Northernmost record of Valenciennea wardii (Actinopterygii, Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from Ulleung Island, Northwest Pacific. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 55: 237-246, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.55.163128
9B51F1FA8C4D5B3C93B0FC257C9B4071.taxon	description	Morphological description. Body slender and elongated, tapering towards caudal region. Eyes positioned close together across dorsal midline. Snout protruding, with tip of upper jaw extending beyond lower jaw. Posterior end of maxilla reaching midpoint of eye. Gill opening extending below middle of preopercle. Body covered with ctenoid scales, with scaleless pectoral fin base. Dorsal fins separated; first dorsal fin with spines only, and second dorsal fin comprising one spine and several soft rays. Spine tips of dorsal fin soft and curved backward. Dorsal fin margin rounded. Second dorsal fin origin located anterior to anal fin origin. Tip of pectoral fin reaching anal fin origin. Caudal fin rounded with a tapered tip (Fig. 2 C). Pelvic fins separated (Fig. 2 D). Meristic counts and body part measurements of Valenciennea wardii shown in Table 1.	en	Choi, Si-Won, Myoung, Se Hun, Bae, Chang-Soo, Woo, Min-Su, Kim, Yun-Bae, Park, Joo Myun (2025): Northernmost record of Valenciennea wardii (Actinopterygii, Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from Ulleung Island, Northwest Pacific. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 55: 237-246, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.55.163128
