Figure 3 in Phylogeny and species boundaries in the gobiid genus Gnatholepis (Teleostei: Perciformes)

Figure 3. Left lateral views of A, Gnatholepis anjerensis (LACM 55960–4; 30.3 mm SL), B, G. knighti (LACM 55973.001; 26.7 mm SL), C, G. scapulostigma (LACM 55960–5; 34.4 mm SL). The meristic counts for these species overlap and there is a great deal of intra- and interspecific variation in colour pattern for most characters. The morphological character that distinguishes these species and accords with clades revealed in the DNA sequence analysis is the presence of a spot dorsal to the pectoral fin, with or without a pale centre (in G. scapulostigma and G. thompsoni), absence of such a spot (in G. anjerensis), or presence of a narrow dash-shaped mark dorsal to the pectoral fin (in G. knighti).