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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Eviota imitata, a new dwarfgoby from Raja Ampat, Indonesia (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

David W. Greenfield, Luke Tornabene & Mark V. Erdmann

Abstract

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota imitata n. sp., is described from Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, based on the holotype and 8 paratypes. The new species is distinguished by a cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (pattern 2), a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula usually 8/7, pectoral-fin rays unbranched, the 5th pelvic-fin ray absent, a narrow dark-red line extending down from under the eye to the jaws, three ventral postanal spots, a dark irregular blotch at the caudal-fin base, and no distinctive black crescent-shaped marks underneath the pectoral fin. It is most similar to E. flebilis Greenfield, Suzuki & Shibukawa, 2014 and E. bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki, 2016. A phylogenetic tree shows the new species belongs to the unbranched pectoral-fin ray clade of Eviota.

 

     

CITATION:

Greenfield, D.W., Tornabene, L. & Erdmann, M.V. (2017) Eviota imitata, a new dwarfgoby from Raja Ampat, Indonesia (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 26, 86-94.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.581484

publication date: 19 May 2017