RESEARCH ARTICLE

Eviota melanosphena, a new dwarfgoby from Australia (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

David W. Greenfield & Susan L. Jewett

Abstract

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota melanosphena, with cephalic sensory-canal pore pattern 2 (lacking only the IT pore), some branched pectoral-fin rays, a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 9/8, the 4th pelvic-fin ray with numerous branches, and a diagnostic dark, wedge-shaped mark at the caudal-fin base is described from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.