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Species of fish

Eviota sebreei
Eviota sebreei from Maldives
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
Synonyms
  • Eviota seebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • 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.

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.

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.

Habitat

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

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.

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.

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. (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

  1. Larson, H., Williams, J.T. & Allen, G. 2015 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015
  2. WoRMS
  3. Biolib
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  5. ^ Fishbase
  6. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  7. Catalogue of life
  8. Richard Field Reef Fishes of Oman
  9. Rudie H. Kuiter, Timothy Godfrey Fishes of the Maldives

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Taxon identifiers
Eviota sebreei


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