- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIIDAE
- Eviota
- latifasciata
Brown-banded Dwarfgoby, Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner 1983
Other Names: Broad-banded Pygmy Goby, Brown-banded Dwarfgoby
A Brown-banded Dwarfgoby, Eviota latifasciata, at Guam. Source: David Burdick / http://guamreeflife.com. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A semi-transparent dwarfgoby with 6-7 large brown blotches or broad bars along the side, sometimes with narrow white bars, and white markings on top of the head, and a dark midlateral spot on the caudal-peduncle.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Eviota latifasciata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4822
Brown-banded Dwarfgoby, Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner 1983
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded from Christmas Island in the Eastern Indian Ocean (Australian EEZ). The species also occurs in the east-Indo-west-central Pacific. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VII + 7-9; Anal fin I, 8-9; Longitudinal scale series 23-25. Body depth 4.5-5.0 in SL; scales ctenoid, absent from head, nape, chest and pectoral-fin base; pelvic fins separate, with a thin membrane joining bases; fourth pelvic-fin ray with 7-11 branches;. |
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Species Citation |
Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner 1983, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 96(4): 791, fig. 5. Type locality: off Bolton Point, Abaiang Atoll, Kiribati (as Gilbert Islands). |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Resources |
Brown-banded Dwarfgoby, Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner 1983
References
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Greenfield, D.W. & Erdmann, M.V. 2013. Eviota santanai, a new dwarfgoby from Timor-Leste (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3741(4): 593-600.
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 http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.219620Open access
Jewett, S.L. & Lachner, E.A. 1983. Seven new species of the Indo-Pacific genus Eviota (Pisces : Gobiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(4): 780-806.
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