Abstract
A species of dwarf goby closely allied to Pandaka lidwilli is described as a new species Pandaka trimaculata with a new Japanese name “mitsuboshigomahaze”.It was collected from the most southerly group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and Mindanao Island, the Philippines.The differences between the two species are the number of scales in longitudinal series and the pattern of spots on the ventral side.The genus Berowra is synonymized with Pandaka .
