Eviota sebreei
Eviota sebreei from Maldives
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
Species:
E. sebreei
Binomial name
Eviota sebreei
Synonyms
  • Eviota seebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906[2]
  • Eviota seebrei Jordan & Seale, 1906

Eviota sebreei, common name Sebree's pygmy goby or striped dwarfgoby, is a species of fishes belonging to the family Gobiidae.[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Capt. Uriel Sebree (1848-1922), of the U.S. Navy, he was commandant at the U.S. Naval Station Tutuila in American Samoa, and through whom the gunboat Wheeling and its equipment were placed at the describers disposal.[4]

Distribution

This species is widespread and common throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa and north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland and New Caledonia.[5][6][7]

Habitat

These tropical marine neritic fishes are associated with clear waters coral reef, at depths of 0 to 30 m.[5]

Description

Eviota sebreei can reach a body length of about 25 mm (0.98 in). This species has six dorsal spines, 8-10 dorsal soft rays, one anal spine and 8-9 anal soft rays. The dorsal/anal-fin formula is 9/8. The fifth pelvic-fin ray is about 50-80% of the fourth ray. These fishes are characterized by a reddish longitudinal stripe in the mid-body, with a broken white line and some white spots The pectoral rays are unbranched. On the caudal fin base there is a pale-edged black spot.[5][8][9]

Biology and behavior

These fishes usually perch on live coral of lagoon reefs and on reef-slopes, sometimes in company of some other fishes of the same species.[5]

Bibliography

  • Greenfield, D. W.; Randall, J. E. (2016). A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Zenodo.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Myers, R.F. (1991) Micronesian reef fishes., Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
  • Randall, J.E. and M. Goren (1993) A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives., Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (58):1-37, 5 pls.

References

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