Headspot Eviota, Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella 1980
Other Names: Black-spotted Pygmy-goby, Headspot Dwarfgoby, Headspot Pygmygoby, Melasma Pygmy Goby
A Headspot Eviota, Eviota melasma, at Pidgin Point, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, November 2018. Source: Lyle Vail via Anne Hoggett / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A semi-transparent pygmygoby with irregular reddish-brown internal bars along the body, a black spot (of varying intensities) above the gill opening, irregular reddish blotches on the nape, red spots on the cheek, 3 reddish blotches separated by white to yellowish bars on the belly, and a narrow white band on the pectoral-fin base.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Eviota melasma in Fishes of Australia, accessed 06 Jun 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1351
Headspot Eviota, Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella 1980
More Info
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Distribution |
Ashmore Reef and surrounding reefs in the Timor Sea, and the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to One Tree Island, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific: from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands throughout the East Indies, east to Samoa and New Caledonia, south to Australia; north to the Yaeyama Islands of Japan and east to Micronesia. Inhabits coastal and offshore reefs, including reef slopes, spur and groove, patch reefs, sand slopes and rocky substrates. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I, 8-10; Anal fin I, 8-9; Pectoral fin 15-18, 10th-16th rays branched; Longitudinal scale series 23-25. Scales ctenoid, absent on head and breast; separated pelvic fins, thin membrane joining bases; depth of body 6.5-7.7 in SL. |
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Etymology |
The specific name melasma is from the Greek melasma (= black spot), in reference to the dark spot on each side of the top of the head. |
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Species Citation |
Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella 1980, Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 315: 27, figs 8c- d, 9b, 10. Type locality: Endeavour Reef, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Resources |
Headspot Eviota, Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella 1980
References
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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. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1115683
Greenfield, D., Larson, H. & Williams, J.T. 2016. Eviota melasma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T193237A2212856. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193237A2212856.en. Downloaded on 04 June 2019.
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