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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.

 

     

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