taxonID	type	description	language	source
F2F8EF888E9655E6B2CC2F845DF74CC4.taxon	description	Figures 1, 2	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Robitzch, Vanessa, El-Regal, Mohamed Abu (2022): A new species of toothless, short dorsal-fin Schindleria (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Egypt). Vertebrate Zoology 72: 551-559, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401
F2F8EF888E9655E6B2CC2F845DF74CC4.taxon	description	Description. Morphometric information for the holotype is given in Table 1 and meristic data in Table 2. Body elongate, increases gradually in depth from about myomere 8 to about middle of tail, rapidly decreasing in depth to end in long narrow caudal peduncle, length ca. 25 % of SL); head oval with steep profile; snout short, rounded; jaws short, reaching below origin of eye; lower jaw curved towards midline (Fig. 2). First dorsal fin and pelvic fin absent; dorsal-fin rays 15; anal-fin rays 13; pectoral-fin rays 14; principle caudal-fin rays 7 + 6 = 13; caudal fin truncated; procurrent rays 4 dorsal and 4 ventral; procurrent rays gradually increasing in length, last procurrent ray simple, with no additional spine, not distinctly elongated; base of first dorsal-fin ray at myomere 21, that of last dorsal-fin ray at myomere 35; base of first anal-fin ray at myomere 22, that of last anal-fin ray at myomere 35; total number of myomeres 36 with 21 abdominal and 15 caudal; vertebrae 37, with 21 abdominal and 16 caudal (incl. urostyle); Branchiostegal rays 5; pectoral-radial plate longer than wide, of paddle-like shape, narrow at origin and wide distally; gut straight; male urogenital papilla elongated, tubular, tapering towards posteriorly curved tip, tip without distinct lobes at opening; swim bladder small, inconspicuous, pigmented dorsally, located at myomere 13, in posterior half of abdomen,.	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Robitzch, Vanessa, El-Regal, Mohamed Abu (2022): A new species of toothless, short dorsal-fin Schindleria (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Egypt). Vertebrate Zoology 72: 551-559, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401
F2F8EF888E9655E6B2CC2F845DF74CC4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Schindleria edentata is only known from a shallow (7 m) reef lagoon near Hurghada (Egypt), Red Sea (27.285 ° N, 33.772778 ° E) (Fig. 3).	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Robitzch, Vanessa, El-Regal, Mohamed Abu (2022): A new species of toothless, short dorsal-fin Schindleria (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Egypt). Vertebrate Zoology 72: 551-559, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401
F2F8EF888E9655E6B2CC2F845DF74CC4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name Schindleria edentata, derived from the Latin e = without, and dentatus = toothed, refers to the absence of teeth in both jaws, an adjective.	en	Ahnelt, Harald, Robitzch, Vanessa, El-Regal, Mohamed Abu (2022): A new species of toothless, short dorsal-fin Schindleria (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea (Egypt). Vertebrate Zoology 72: 551-559, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e79401
