RESEARCH ARTICLE

Eviota algida, a new dwarfgoby species from the upwelling waters off Nusa Penida, Indonesia (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

David W. Greenfield & Mark V. Erdmann

Abstract

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota algida, with a complete cephalic sensory-canal pore pattern (pattern I), a dorsal/anal-fin formula usually 8/8, pectoral-fin rays branched, 5th pelvic-fin ray absent, anterior dorsal-fin spines filamentous in males, a subcutaneous dark spot at center of caudal peduncle over preural centrum, male urogenital papilla black, and a red eye with gold specks, is described from a deep, cold-water upwelling area off Nusa Penida Island, Bali, Indonesia.