taxonID	type	description	language	source
1E82825B277859AF9FA2134EBD4F4B67.taxon	description	Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Macek, Oliver, Robitzch, Vanessa (2023): A new species of Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) with a specialized caudal-fin complex. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 313-323, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515
1E82825B277859AF9FA2134EBD4F4B67.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A member of the SDF group of Schindleria, which can be distinguished from all members of the LDF group by a combination of following characters: (i) the dorsal fin about the same or nearly the same length of the anal fin (vs. dorsal fin distinctly longer than anal fin), (ii) a relatively short (5.8 % of SL vs. 8.7 % of SL) and deep (2.2 % of SL vs. 1.5 % of SL) caudal peduncle, (iii) a straight (vs. flexed) urostyle, fewer procurrent rays (0 - 2 vs. 5 - 8), and absence of teeth in both jaws (vs. both jaws with teeth). From the four other species of the SDF group (i. e., S. brevipinguis, S. edentata, S. parva and S. pietschmanni), S. qizma can be distinguished as follows: (i) anal-fin rays (11 vs. 10 in S. brevipinguis, 13 in S. edentata, 9 in S. parva and 14 - 17 in S. pietschmanni), (ii) a shorter preanal-fin length (60.2 % of SL vs. 71.4 % in S. brevipinguis, 64.8 % in S. edentata, 71.8 % in S. parva and 65.6 % in S. pietschmanni), (iii) a shorter head (12.4 % of SL vs. 14.3 % in S. brevipinguis, 14.9 % in S. edentata and 19.1 % in S. parva), (iv) a shorter snout (18.6 % of head length vs. 25.0 % in S. brevipinguis, 23.1 % in S. edentata and ~ 29 % in S. parva), (v) a shorter tail (excluding caudal fin) (its length 32.6 % in SL vs. 39.4 % in S. brevipinguis, 36.2 % in S. edentata and 39.4 % - 49.2 % in S. pietschmanni) (vi) a larger eye (35.3 % of head length vs. 33.3 % S. brevipinguis, 27.7 % in S. edentata and ~ 23 % in S. parva), (vii) a straight, unflexed urostyle, dorsally enclosed by the hypural cartilage (vs. posterior tip flexed, hook-like, attached to the anterior, upper-edge of the hypural cartilage), (viii) head depth + / - increasing continuously (vs. increasing steeply [except S. pietschmanni]) and (ix) an urogenital papilla with two long, flat, and bilobed projections in females (vs. an urogenital papilla without such projections). Schindleria qizma can be further distinguished from S. pietschmanni by (i) number of dorsal fin rays (13 vs. 15 - 19), (ii) toothless jaws (vs. jaws with numerous tiny teeth), (iii) deeper body (body depth at anus 8.2 % - 9.6 % SL vs. 5.5 %), (iv) a deeper head (53.4 % in head length vs. 34.3 %), (v) a short urostyle (3.6 % of SL vs. 5.8 % of SL), (vi) fewer procurrent rays (0 - 2 vs. 6 - 7), (vii) smaller adult size (<13 mm TL vs.> 17 mm TL) and (viii) females with few (11 vs.> 40), very large (3.5 - 4.6 % SL vs. 1.2 % - 1.8 % SL) eggs vs. more (in total) and smaller () eggs. Schindleria qizma can be further distinguished from S. parva by (i) toothless jaws (vs. premaxillary with many tiny teeth), (ii) a shorter predorsal-fin length (59.4 % of SL vs. 63.6 % of SL), (iii) more dorsal-fin rays (13 vs. 9 - 10), (iv) more anal-fin rays (11 vs. 7 - 9), and (v) females with few eggs (11 vs. 60). Schindleria qizma can be further distinguished from S. brevipinguis by (i) a shorter predorsal-fin length (59.4 % SL vs. 64.3 % SL), (ii) a shorter preanal length (54 % SL vs. 61.2 % SL), (iii) a shallower body (5.9 % SL at pectoral-fin base vs. 9.3 % SL, 7.6 % SL at base of 4 th anal-fin ray vs. 11.5 % SL), (iv) a narrower (51.9 % head length vs. 57 %) and shallower head (53.4 % head length vs. 59.6 %), (v) mouth cleft oblique (vs. nearly vertical), (vi) a narrower interorbital width (25.4 % head length vs. 35.2 %), (vii) a shorter tail (32.6 % SL vs. 39.4 %), (viii) a deeper caudal peduncle (35.6 % caudal peduncle length vs. 25 %), and (ix) a shorter urostyle (3.6 % SL vs. 6.3 %). Schindleria qizma can be further distinguished from S. edentata by (i) fewer dorsal-fin rays (13 vs. 15) and (ii) fewer anal-fin rays (11 vs. 13), (ii) a shorter tail (32.6 % SL vs. 36.2 %), (iii) the shape of the postabdominal region (continuously decreasing in depth vs. evenly deep in anterior half but rapidly decreasing in depth in posterior half), (iv) a shallower body at base of 4 th anal-fin ray (7.6 % SL vs. 10.9 %), (v) a greater eye diameter (35.6 % head length vs. 27.7 %, 139.3 % interorbital width vs. 111.1 %), (vi) a narrower interorbital width (25.4 % head length vs. 30.8 %), (ii) larger maximum width of pectoral radial plate (76.8 % pectoral radial plate length vs. 36.4 %), (viii) a deeper caudal peduncle (35.6 % of caudal peduncle length vs. 25.6 %), and (ix) a shorter urostyle (3.6 % SL vs. 5.8 % SL).	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Macek, Oliver, Robitzch, Vanessa (2023): A new species of Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) with a specialized caudal-fin complex. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 313-323, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515
1E82825B277859AF9FA2134EBD4F4B67.taxon	description	Description. Morphometric (Table 1) and meristic information (Table 2) is given separately for the holotype and the paratypes. Body slender, elongate, somewhat compressed; body depth increases only very slightly from head to anus; head short and oval in lateral view, with head profile gradually rising posteriorly (Fig. 3 A); snout short and rounded; jaws short and posteriorly just reach a vertical line through the anterior quarter of orbit; lower jaw only slightly projecting; mouth somewhat superior; no teeth on premaxilla or on dentary (Fig. 4); premaxilla long, thin with shallow, indistinct post-maxillary process; maxilla also long, thin, anteriorly hook-like and only slightly widened distally; postabdominal region distinctly shorter than abdomen region, ends in an elongated, relatively short caudal peduncle (Fig. 2); urostyle conical, relatively short, just about length of last 2 1 / 2 caudal vertebrae; tip of urostyle not flexed but straight, ends in middle of cartilage of hypural plate (Figs 5, 6); hypural plate large, triangular; externally, the preserved body without pigmented except for black eyes; all three females have few (10 - 11) but very large (3.5 % - 4.6 % of SL) eggs (Fig. 2) in the abdominal cavity, arranged in two rows anteriorly, but just a single row posteriorly. If different, values for paratypes are given in parentheses: first dorsal fin and pelvic fin absent; dorsal-fin rays 13; anal-fin rays 11; principle caudal-fin rays 7 + 6 = 13, all segmented once, none branched; caudal fin truncated; procurrent rays 1 (0 - 1) dorsal and 2 (0 - 1) ventral, when present short, with no additional spine (Fig. 6); base of first dorsal-fin ray at myomere 21, that of last dorsal-fin ray at myomere 34; base of first anal-fin ray at myomere 22 and that of last at myomere 34; 37 myomeres total, 21 precaudal and 16 caudal; 38 total vertebrae (including urostyle), with 22 precaudal and 16 caudal; 5 branchiostegal rays; a relatively wide pectoral-radial plate, of paddle-like shape, distally only slightly wider than at its origin; gut straight; female urogenital papilla conspicuous, slightly bulbous with opening flanked by two long, flat, bilobed projections (Fig. 7); swim bladder small, oval-shaped, inconspicuous, pigmented dorsally, located at myomeres 14 / 15, in posterior half of abdomen (Fig. 2).	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Macek, Oliver, Robitzch, Vanessa (2023): A new species of Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) with a specialized caudal-fin complex. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 313-323, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515
1E82825B277859AF9FA2134EBD4F4B67.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Schindleria qizma is so far only known from Al Fahal reef in the north-central Red Sea, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 22 ° 18 ' 24.54 " N, 38 ° 57 ' 47.25 " E (Fig. 1).	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Macek, Oliver, Robitzch, Vanessa (2023): A new species of Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) with a specialized caudal-fin complex. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 313-323, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515
1E82825B277859AF9FA2134EBD4F4B67.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name ' qizma' comes from the Arabic word ' qizm' (مزق), which means dwarf. It is a noun in apposition and refers to the very small size of the species.	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Macek, Oliver, Robitzch, Vanessa (2023): A new species of Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) with a specialized caudal-fin complex. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 313-323, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97515
