Shouldermark Eviota, Eviota infulata (Smith 1957)

Other Names: Shouldermark Dwarf Goby, Shoulder-mark Pygmy Goby, Smith's Coral Goby

A Shouldermark Eviota, Eviota infulata, at Gilimanuk, Bali, Indonesia, March 2012. Source: Francesco Ricciardi / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

Identifying features:

Males with first and second dorsal-fin spines filamentous

Black spot or blotch above pectoral-fin base

Very small

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Bray, D.J. 2023, Eviota infulata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/111

Shouldermark Eviota, Eviota infulata (Smith 1957)

More Info

Distribution	Beacon Island to North Reef, Western Australia, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits inshore sandy, silty, rubble reefs.
Etymology	The specific name infulata is from the Latin infula (= a type of ritual headband made from slightly twisted white and red wool in the shape of a wreath or fillet, worn by the Romans as an ornament on festive and solemn occasions).
Species Citation	Eviotops infulatus Smith, 1957, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 9(107): 826, fig. 4. Type locality: Type locality: Mahé, Seychelles.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2023
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Shouldermark Eviota, Eviota infulata (Smith 1957)

References

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Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Greenfield, D. 2016. Eviota infulata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T193107A2196245. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193107A2196245.en. Accessed on 13 November 2023.

Greenfield, D.W. 2017, An overview of the dwarfgobies, the second most speciose coral-reef fish genus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 29: 32-54. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1115682

Greenfield, D.W. & Randall, J.E. 2016. A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 25-75. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.48268

Greenfield, D.W. & Winterbottom, R. 2016. A key to the dwarfgoby species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota) described between 1871 and 2016. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 24: 35–90. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.219620

Lachner, E.A. & Karnella, S.J. 1980. Fishes of the Indo-Pacific genus Eviota with descriptions of eight new species (Teleostei : Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 315: 1-127 figs 1-66

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.

Randall, J.E., 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press, 720 pp.

Smith, J.L.B. 1957. The fishes of Aldabra. Part 6. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 9(107): 817-829 figs 1-5