Do colour-morphs of an amphidromous goby represent different species? Taxonomy of <i>Lentipes</i> (Gobiiformes) from Japan and Palawan, Philippines, with phylogenomic approaches

We document four male colour morphs of the Indo-Pacific goby genus Lentipes in Japan and Philippines. Despite distinctive patterns, males different could not be distinguished by meristic or morphometric characters. In contrast, co-occurring females had very similar colouration sorted into types. observed that types are mitochondrial genome sequences. On other hand, genome-wide SNPs analysis clearly separated types, suggesting they indeed represent independent lineages. considered lineages have diverged recently, therefore, sorting haplotypes may been completed yet. One is identified as L. armatus Sakai & Nakamura, 1979 Sakai, H., M. (1979). Two new species freshwater gobies (Gobiidae: Sicydiaphiinae) from Ishigaki Island, Japan. Japanese Journal Ichthyology, 26, 43–54.[Web Science ®] , [Google Scholar], three described this study species: kijimuna sp. nov., bunagaya palawanirufus nov. display their species-specific body colourations during courtship. Pre-zygotic isolation due to female preferences for colours probably primary mechanism reproductive between species.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:95C19A65-8907-48F6-AA0B-2ACF711C0297