RESEARCH ARTICLE
Eviota bilunula, a new
dwarfgoby species from Fiji, with a redescription
of Eviota flebilis (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
David W. Greenfield & Toshiyuki
Suzuki
Abstract
A new species of dwarfgoby,
Eviota bilunula, is described from Fiji. The
new species is distinguished by having the cephalic
sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore
(pattern 2), a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 7/7
or 8/7; all pectoral-fin rays unbranched, a 5th pelvic-fin
ray of moderate length, a narrow dark bar at the caudal-fin
base, a red line extending down from under the eye
to the jaws, five postanal ventral-midline spots,
and two distinctive black crescent-shaped marks underneath
the pectoral fin. The description is based on two
specimens and a photograph of a third. The species
is most similar to E. flebilis from Japan,
which does not share the crescent-shaped marks. Eviota
flebilis, previously known only from the holotype,
is redescribed based on two additional specimens.
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CITATION:
Greenfield, D.W. & Suzuki,
T. (2016) Eviota bilunula, a new dwarfgoby
species from Fiji, with a redescription of Eviota
flebilis (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of
the Ocean Science Foundation, 24, 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.166759
publication date: 16 November
2016
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