Abstract
Foetorepus goodenbeani n. sp. is described based on specimens from the south slope of Georges Bank to the Gulf of Mexico. This species is characterized by a long filamentous first dorsal spine in both sexes, the lack of a distinct black blotch on the first dorsal fin in adult males or females, the second dorsal fin with many yellow circles margined by olive brown in males or with several oblique rows of yellow marks in females, and the anal fin with a red band on distal half in males or with a black band margined by red in females. It differs from E agassizii and E dagmarae with which it has been previously confused by the shape and coloration of the first dorsal, the second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. A key to the described species of Foetorepus from the area is included.
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