Gobiopsis namnas Shibukawa 2010

This species is readily distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: head barbels absent (vs. present); segmented dorsal-fin rays 8-9 (vs. typically 10-12); longitudinal scales 24-26 (vs. > 30); transverse scales 8-9 from anal-fin base upward and forward to base of dorsal fin (vs. 12 or more); scales present on upper part of cheek and operculum (vs. absent) (Ref. 84002).

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26

All type specimens were captured by a beam trawl at the depth of 101 m; no substratum data of the habitat were available. Found with many other fish specimens, e.g., the champsodontidChampsodon snyderi and the gobiid Amblychaeturichthys sciistius (Ref. 84002).

Gobiopsis namnas is a species of goby found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean in Japan.