RESEARCH ARTICLE
Eviota tetha, a new species
of dwarfgoby from Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
(Teleostei: Gobiidae)
David W. Greenfield & Mark
V. Erdmann
Abstract
A new species
of dwarfgoby, Eviota tetha, with a cephalic
sensory-canal pore pattern lacking only the IT and
NA pores and with the AITO pore positioned far forward
and opening anteriorly, is described from Cenderawasih
Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. It has a dorsal/anal-fin
formula of 8/7, pectoral-fin rays unbranched, the
5th pelvic-fin ray is absent or flexible and rudimentary
and less than 10% of the 4th, the fourth pelvic-fin
ray has 2-3 branches, very long anterior tubular
nares, and a distinctive black spot at the caudal-fin
base. In life it is red-orange with five distinctive
small white spots along the posterior midline and
two white lines over the abdomen.
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CITATION:
Greenfield, D.W. & Erdmann,
M.V. (2014) Eviota tetha, a new species of
dwarfgoby from Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
(Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science
Foundation, 11, 23-31.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1044527
publication date: 13 June
2014
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