taxonID	type	description	language	source
0534CF70FF97FFA4FF34FF704253DB2E.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 A, B, 2 A, 3 A; Table 1)	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF97FFA4FF34FF704253DB2E.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 33 specimens. CAS-SU 6971 (1 specimen, presumed holotype of Lethotremus awae, examined from photo and radiograph), near river mouth at Kominato, former Awa Province, Bay of Tokyo, coll. by Jordan and Snyder; CAS-SU 6970 (1, presumed paratype of L. awae, examined from photo and radiograph), Bay of Tokyo, coll. by Jordan and Snyder; FAKU 102873 (1), 18.9 mm SL, Heta, Shizuoka; FAKU 134183 * (1), 134725 * (1), 135824 (1), PKU 55991 * (mtDNA only, 1), 15.3 – 24.4 mm SL, Kanagawa (locality details unknown); FAKU 135362 * (1, genetic analysis only), FRLM 2425 (1), 2426 (1), 3361 (1), 4009 (1), 40382 (1), 40944 * (1), 9.3 – 22.9 mm SL, Shima, Mie; KPM-NI 11874 – 11876 (3), 11886 (1), 18.8 – 21.5 mm SL, Jyogajima, Kanagawa; KPM-NI 13695 (1), 13696 (1), 14925 (4), 17585 (3), 14.3 – 22.1 mm SL, Koajiro, Misaki, Kanagawa; KPM-NI 15126 (1), 13.3 mm SL; Moroiso, Kanagawa; KPM-NI 16004 (1), 8.6 mm SL, Yokosuka, Kanagawa; KPM-NI 31619 (1), 22.2 mm SL, Manazuru, Kanagawa; KPM-NI 34207 (1), 34223 (1), 13.7 – 17.1 mm SL, Ito, Shizuoka.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF97FFA4FF34FF704253DB2E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Eumicrotremus with the following combination of characters: no spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae on body; anterior three mandibular pores each with a barbel-like tube; interorbital and suborbital pores usually absent; opercular flap rounded; many papillae present on ventral disk; caudal-fin relatively short, 21.0 – 30.5 % of SL.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF97FFA4FF34FF704253DB2E.taxon	description	Description. Counts and proportional measurements are shown in Table 1. Body globose, completely naked, lacking spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae; caudal peduncle compressed. Interorbital space broad, slightly concave. Eye small, lower margin above level of snout. Two nostrils, anterior with relatively long tube, posterior with short tube. Mouth terminal, wide, slightly oblique, posterior margin of maxilla reaching to level with anterior margin of orbit (or center of orbit). Jaws with small conical teeth, arranged in three or four diagonal rows. Teeth on vomer and palatine absent. Gill slit short, its length much shorter than orbit diameter, located below origin of first dorsal fin and not reaching upper pectoral origin. Opercular flap small, rounded, directed posterodorsally. Cephalic pores small (Fig. 2 A). Nasal canal with two pores, one anterior to nostrils and another just behind anterior nostril; interorbital canal without pores (rarely a single interorbital pore, one of four specimens of KPM-NI 14925, one of three specimens of KPM-NI 17585); postorbital canal usually with postbranchial pore, rarely supraorbital pore present anteriorly (one of four specimens of KPM-NI 14925, one of three specimens of KPM-NI 17585, KPM-NI 3 4223); branch from supraorbital canal sometimes with two small pores; infraorbital canal with two or three suborbital pores; operculomandibular canal with four mandibular pores along lower jaw, posterior three each with a barbel-like tube, anteriormost pore below tip of mandibular, second below posterior part of lower jaw, third below center of orbit, fourth at posteroventral margin of preopercle with relatively long tube. Free neuromasts reduced or indiscernable, originating from above gill slit and extending downward to level at midbody, posteriorly extending to caudal portion. Two dorsal fins; first dorsal fin without spiny tubercles, somewhat higher in mature males than in females and immature specimens; second dorsal fin located slightly anterior to opposite anal fin, length and height almost equal, without spiny tubercles. Second dorsal and anal fins not reaching caudal fin base when depressed. Caudal fin short, rounded, its length usually shorter than pelvic disc length. Pectoral fins short, posterior tips usually not reaching level of posterior margin of pelvic disk; pectoral-fin base long, lowermost point below posterior margin of orbit. Pelvic disc large, round, slightly constricted anteriorly, with many papillae (Fig. 3 A). Anus approximately midway between posterior margin of pelvic disc and anterior origin of anal fin. Color when fresh (Fig. 1 A, B). Coloration [from observations on FAKU 134725, 135824; KPM-NI 11874, 11875, 11876, 11886 (digital images of the latter four specimens deposited as KPM-NR 5 5941 – 55944 in the photographic database of KPM: http: // fishpix. kahaku. go. jp / fishimage / index. html)]. Body and head coloration variable — dark brownish overall with dark brown dots, dark reddish or yellowish with irregular white markings on head, extending to base of pectoral fin, and anteriorly on bases of second dorsal and anal fins. Eye margin red or dark brown. First dorsal fin dark brown, reddish or yellowish; second dorsal, anal, caudal and pectoral fins translucent, pale reddish or yellowish. Ventral disc white, margined with yellow or dark reddish. Color in preservative. In 70 % ethanol, body and head dark, sometimes with black dots or pale irregular markings. First dorsal fin dark; second dorsal, anal, caudal and pectoral fins translucent. Ventral disc white, with dark margin.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF97FFA4FF34FF704253DB2E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Specimen records indicated a distribution along the Pacific coast of Honshu Is., from Chiba westward to Mie (Fig. 4).	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF97FFA4FF34FF704253DB2E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Eumicrotremus awae was originally described by Jordan and Snyder (1902) in the genus Lethotremus, on the basis of the holotype, CAS-SU 6539 and other specimens (no catalog numbers given in the original description). According to Mecklenburg and Sheiko (2003), CAS-SU 6539 is now missing and CAS-SU 6971 may, in fact, be the missing holotype (suggested by notes in the collection database). Earlier, Böhlke (1953) had listed CAS-SU 6971 and 6970 as holotype and paratype of E. awae, respectively. Although the type status of CAS-SU 6971 remains unclear, both CAS-SU 6971 and 6970 had many ventral disk papillae, and lacked interorbital and supraorbital pores, being consistent with E. awae (see Jordan and Snyder, 1902). In addition, the type specimens, including that initially listed as CAS-SU 6539 in the original description, were all collected from Bay of Tokyo, being only included in the established distributional range of E. awae. The description of Cyclopsis awae given by Lindberg & Legeza (1955) was partly based on Jordan & Snyder (1902), but suggested also that some of the type specimens of Cyclopsis tentacularis Popov 1930 from the Sea of Okhotsk may have been the former species. Probably following Lindberg and Legza (1955), Parin et al. (2002, 2014) listed E. awae from the southern Kuril Islands. However, the specimens examined by Lindberg and Legeza (1955) were not available during the present study and the record from the Sea of Okhotsk is doubtful due to the distance of that region from the area populated by E. awae. In his review of lumpsuckers, Ueno (1970) described L. awae on the basis of nine specimens collected from Chiba, Kanagawa and Shizuoka, the Pacific coast of Honshu Is. According to his figure, the specimens had many papillae on the ventral disk, a supraorbital pore and no interorbital pores, characters consistent with the present specimens of E. awae. In addition, Ueno’s (1970) color plates of specimens (apparently> 20 mm SL) had no dark spot above anal fin origin, which also supported their identity as E. awae. Various authors have recorded “ Lethotremus awae ” from (or near) the established range of the presently recognized E. awae [Suzuki & Kataoka (1997), from Mie; Zama (2001), from Miyagi; Nakabo (2002), from the Pacific coast of Honshu Is.; Aizawa (2003), from Chiba; Shiogaki et al. (2004), from Aomori; Senou et al. (2006), from Sagami Bay], although these reports cannot now be attributed with certainty to E. awae as recognized here because of the lack of definitive characters. Abe and Sato (2009) also reported the reproductive biology of E. awae in Shizugawa Bay, Pacific coast of northern Honshu Is., but no presently recognized species diagnostic characters could be determined from their description and photos. Similarly, the short descriptions of L. awae in Kido (1984), Nakabo (1993, 2000, 2002) and Nakabo and Kai (2013) did not include recognizable definitive characters, the distribution ranges given extending over those of the three species recognized here.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF90FFA6FF34FE19453AD8BB.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. FAKU 136008 *, 14.2 mm SL, off Honjyo, Kyotango, Kyoto, western coast of Honshu Is, 100 m depth, 12 June 2014, R / V Ryokuyo-maru, coll. by F. Tashiro. Paratypes. Twenty-six specimens, all from the western coast of Honshu Is. FAKU 132061 * (1 specimen), 134174 * (1), 10.7 – 10.8 mm SL, off Honjyo, Kyotango, Kyoto, 90 m depth, R / V Ryokuyo-maru. FAKU 135360 * (3), 3.9 – 4.3 mm SL, Notojima, Ishikawa. FAKU 137315 * (1), 6.66 mm SL, Sado Is., Niigata. HUMZ 79055 (1), 79071 (1), 79078 (1), 79079 (1), 79085 (1), 79087 (1), 79092 (1), 79094 – 79098 (5), 13.9 – 19.9 mm SL, Sado Is., Niigata. HUMZ 154412 (1), 154197 (1), 11.3 – 13.3 mm SL, Yamagata. OMNH-P 7508 – 7511 (4), 10.3 – 12.3 mm SL, Kasumi, Hyogo. PKU 56887 (1), 56889 (1), 4.2 – 10.0 mm SL, Otomi, Fukui. Other materials. Five specimens. NIBR-P 4830 (1), 17.9 mm SL, Jeju Is.; PKU 6929 – 6930 (2), 9416 * (mtDNA only, 1), 10248 (1), 8.2 – 17.2 mm SL, Busan, southern coast of Korean Peninsula; PKU 9198 * (mtDNA only, 1), 14.3 mm SL, Tongyeong, southern coast of Korean Peninsula.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF90FFA6FF34FE19453AD8BB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Eumicrotremus with the following combination of characters: no spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae on body (weak if present); anterior three mandibular pores each with a barbel-like tube; interorbital and suborbital pores usually present; opercular flap rounded; ventral disk with many papillae; caudal-fin relatively short, 19.5 – 31.4 % of SL.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF90FFA6FF34FE19453AD8BB.taxon	description	Description. Counts and measurements are shown in Table 1. Holotype data given first, followed by paratype data in parentheses if different. Body globose, completely naked, lacking spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae except for larger specimens [some specimens> 18 mm SL (HUMZ 79094, 79096, 79098) with weak fleshy papillae posteriorly on body]; caudal peduncle compressed. Interorbital space broad, slightly concave. Eye small, lower margin above level of snout. Two nostrils, anterior with relatively long tube, posterior without (or with short tube). Mouth terminal, wide, slightly oblique, posterior margin of maxilla reaching to level with anterior margin of orbit (or center of orbit). Jaws with small conical teeth, arranged in four (five) diagonal rows on premaxilla, three (three to five) on dentary. Teeth on vomer and palatine absent. Gill slit short, its length much shorter than orbit diameter. Opercular flap small, rounded, directed posterodorsally. Cephalic pores small, obscure. Nasal canal with two pores, one anterior to nostrils, the other just behind anterior nostril; interorbital canal with single median interorbital pore (absent in some paratypes: FAKU 134174, FAKU 137315, HUMZ 79094, HUMZ 79098, OMNH-P 7508, OMNH-P 7510); postorbital canal with two pores, supraorbital pore (SOP) anteriorly (except for one paratype, OMNH-P 7511) and postbranchial pore posteriorly; infraorbital canal with two (two or three) suborbital pores; operculomandibular canal with four mandibular pores along lower jaw, anteriormost pore below tip of mandibular without tube, second below posterior part of lower jaw without tube (sometimes a short tube), third below center of orbit without tube (sometimes a short tube); fourth at posteroventral margin of preopercle with relatively long tube. Free neuromasts, reduced or indiscernible, originating from above gill slit and extending downward to level at mid-body, posteriorly extending to caudal portion. In some paratypes, a pair of neuromasts present on anterior base of first dorsal fin and dorsoposterior part of eye. Two dorsal fins; first dorsal fin shorter than second (higher in juveniles and larger specimens), without spiny tubercles; second dorsal fin located slightly anterior to opposite anal fin, length and height almost equal, without spiny tubercles. Second dorsal and anal fins not reaching caudal fin base when depressed. Caudal fin short, rounded; its length usually shorter than pelvic disc length. Pectoral fins short, posterior tips usually not reaching level of posterior margin of pelvic disk; pectoral-fin base long, lowermost point below posterior margin of orbit. Pelvic disc large, round, slightly constricted anteriorly, with many papillae. Anus approximately midway between posterior margin of pelvic disc and anterior origin of anal fin. Color when fresh (Fig. 1 E, F). Based on holotype and three paratypes, FAKU 134174, 137315, 135360. Body and head variable, from dark or light green (FAKU 134174) to dark red (FAKU 137315) overall with or without dark brown dots. FAKU 137315 with short white bars radiating from eye. Juveniles with a white line running longitudinally through eyes, and a white transverse band between trunk and caudal regions of body. First dorsal fin variable, from dark or light green (FAKU 134174) to dark red (FAKU 137315); second dorsal, anal and caudal fins, and dorsal portion of pectoral fin translucent, lowermost five (five or six) pectoral fin rays dark brown; ventral disc white, margined with dark brown. Color in preservative. In 70 % ethanol, body and head dark, with or without dark brown dots. Juveniles with a white ring running longitudinally through eyes, and a white transverse band between trunk and caudal regions of body. Dark spot on supraorbital pore. Tubes of mandibular pores dark. Larger specimens (> ca. 18.0 mm SL) with a dark spot above anal fin origin. First dorsal fin pale; second dorsal fin, anal fin, and caudal fin translucent; dorsal portion of pectoral fin translucent, lowermost five (five or six) rays dark.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF90FFA6FF34FE19453AD8BB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known from the southern coast of Korean Peninsula (Busan, Tongyeong and Jeju Island) and off the western coast of Honshu Is. from Yamagata southward to Hyogo (Fig. 4).	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF90FFA6FF34FE19453AD8BB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. Tatsuji Ueno, formerly of the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station, who contributed greatly to the systematics of Cyclopteridae.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF90FFA6FF34FE19453AD8BB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Eumicrotremus uenoi has long been confused with E. awae, but is distinguishable from the latter in usually having interorbital and supraorbital pores. The former is distributed from Yamagata southward to Hyogo, western coast of Honshu Is. and along the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula (based on voucher specimens), being allopatric to E. awae (Fig. 4). Although many authors have reported “ L. awae ” from (or near) the distributional range of E. uenoi, including Shiogaki and Dotsu (1973) (Nagasaki, coast of northern East China Sea), Honma et al. (2006) (Niigata), Nagamatsu (2009) (East China Sea), Yamasaki (2013) (Nagasaki) and Kawano et al. (2014) (Aomori southward to Nagasaki, western coast of Honshu Is.), these reports cannot now be attributed with certainty to E. uenoi due to their lacking definitive descriptive characters. Although Suzuki et al. (2000) listed L. awae from Kasumi, Hyogo, their specimens were actually E. uenoi and are now included among the paratypes of that species. In addition, Kim (2015) reported and described L. awae on the basis of specimens collected from Jeju Island. Examination of four of those specimens confirmed their identity as E. uenoi due to the presence of interorbital and supraorbital pores, and many papillae on the ventral disk. Chu & Jin’s (1963) description of L. awae from the northern East China Sea noted many papillae on the ventral disk, as found here in specimens of both E. awae and E. uenoi. However, the present specimens of both species differed from Chu & Jin’s (1963) description in lacking spots on the second dorsal and anal fins.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 E, F, 2 C, 3 C; Table 1)	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. PKU 10232 * (mtDNA only), 19.7 mm SL, Jin-do, southwestern coast of Korean Peninsula, 18 April 2013, bag net, 20 – 30 m depth, coll by Jin-Koo Kim. Paratype. PKU 10233 * (mtDNA only), 24.8 mm SL, collection data as for holotype.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Eumicrotremus with the following combination of characters: no spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae on body; anterior one to three mandibular pores each with a short barbel-like tube; interorbital pore absent; suborbital pore present; opercular flap triangular; papillae on ventral disk absent; caudal-fin long, 32.7 – 42.1 % of SL.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	description	Description. Counts and proportional measurements are shown in Table 1. Body globose, completely naked without spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae; caudal part of body compressed. Interorbital space broad, flat. Eye moderately large, located much closer to snout than to gill opening. Mouth large, somewhat oblique; upper jaw projecting slightly beyond lower jaw; posterior margin of maxilla reaching below level of center of orbit. Jaws with conical teeth irregularly arranged in two or three rows; teeth on innermost row somewhat larger. Teeth on vomer and palatine absent. Gill slit short, its length much shorter than orbit diameter, located below origin of first dorsal fin and not reaching upper pectoral origin. Opercular flap triangular, directed posterodorsally, Cephalic pores small or indiscernible (Fig. 2 B). Nasal canal with no visible pores; interorbital canal without pores; postorbital canal with postbranchial pore; infraorbital canal without pores; operculomandibular canal with four mandibular pores along lower jaw, posterior three (third only in paratype) with a short barbel-like tube; anteriormost pore below tip of mandibular, second below posterior part of lower jaw, third below center of orbit; fourth at posteroventral margin of preopercle. Free neuromasts reduced or indiscernible. Two dorsal fins, first dorsal fin somewhat shorter than second; first dorsal fin without spiny tubercles; second dorsal fin located slightly anterior to opposite anal fin, length and height almost equal, without spiny tubercles. Second dorsal and anal fins extending beyond caudal fin base when depressed. Caudal fin long, rounded, its length greater than pelvic disc length. Pectoral fins short, posterior tips not reaching level of posterior margin of pelvic disk; pectoral-fin base long, lowermost point below posterior margin of orbit. Pelvic disc large, somewhat elliptical, without papillae (Fig. 3). Anus located much closer to ventral disk than to anal fin origin. Eumicrotremus awae Eumicrotremus uenoi Eumicrotremus jindoensis Non-type Holotype Paratypes Other materials Holotype Paratype Color in preservative (Fig. 1 C, D). In 70 % ethanol, head and body pale with numerous melanophores, except around anus. First dorsal fin dark; second dorsal, anal, caudal and pectoral fins translucent. Ventral disc white, with dark margin.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. In addition to the type locality, literature records (Ding, 1987; Jin, 2006) suggest that the species is distributed in the Yellow Sea (Fig. 4; see below Remarks).	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name “ jindoensis ” is derived from the type locality, Jin-do Island.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
0534CF70FF92FFA8FF34FCEA451CD8EC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Li’s (1955) description of “ L. awae ” on the basis of specimens collected from the Bohai Sea, China, included barbel-like tubes under the mandible, a triangular opercular flap, and a pale body with numerous melanophores. Those characters closely matched the present specimens of E. jindoensis. Although Li (1955) noted that the specimens lacked sensory pores, this may have simply reflected the difficulty of discerning them. However, the caudal fin length (27.5 % SL) closely matched those of E. awae and E. uenoi, making the identification of Li’s (1955) species somewhat equivocal. The descriptions of L. awae given by Ding (1987) and Jin (2006) agreed with the present specimens of E. jindoensis in having barbel-like tubes under the mandible, a triangular opercular flap, a pale body with numerous melanophores, and no (= indiscernible) sensory pores. Jin (2006) also noted a long caudal fin (32.1 % SL), similar to the present specimens of E. jindoensis.	en	Lee, Soo Jeong, Kim, Jin-Koo, Kai, Yoshiaki, Ikeguchi, Shin’Ichiro, Nakabo, Tetsuji (2017): Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282 (2): 337-349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.7
