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.
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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
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