RESEARCH ARTICLE
A review of the dwarfgobies
of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species
(Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota)
David W. Greenfield &
John E. Randall
Abstract
Twenty-eight species in the
gobiid genus Eviota, five of which are new
to science, are recorded from Fijian waters. An illustrated
key to the species is provided and each species is
represented by a diagnosis or a description, range,
habitat descriptions, and photographs. The five new
species are Eviota eyreae, E. mimica,
E. richardi, E. teresae, and E. thamani.
Four species of uncertain taxonomic status are discussed,
i.e. E. cf. flebilis, E. cf.
indica, E. cf. sigillata, and
E. cf. specca. Eviota hinanoae
is recorded from Fiji for the first time, and two
deepwater species, Fiji sp. 1 (from 42–49 m) and Fiji
sp. 2 (from 73–79 m), are reported.
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CITATION:
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
publication date: 3 April
2016
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