RESEARCH ARTICLE
Eviota maculosa, a new
dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei:
Gobiidae)
David W. Greenfield, Luke
Tornabene, Marta Gomez-Buckley & Mark V.
Erdmann
Abstract
A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota maculosa
n. sp., is described from reefs in the Western Pacific
Ocean. Specimens from West Papua (Fakfak), Sulawesi,
and Pohnpei match the DNA sequences of the type population
from Teluk Saleh, Sumbawa, Indonesia. The new species
is most similar to E. punctulata, described
from Fiji, but can be distinguished by pigmentation
patterns on the fins. Phylogenetic analyses using
both mitochondrial and nuclear genes confirm that
the new species is part of a species complex with
E. punctulata, E. tigrina, and two additional
undescribed species from Samoa and Tonga. Within this
complex, the new species and E. punctulata
and E. tigrina share the synapomorphy of having
multiple rows of tricuspid teeth in both the upper
and lower jaws, which is unique within Eviota
and rare in gobiids in general.
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CITATION:
Greenfield, D.W., Tornabene,
L., Gómez-Buckley, M. & Erdmann, M.V. (2018)
Eviota maculosa, a new dwarfgoby from the Western
Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of
the Ocean Science Foundation, 31, 18-31.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1445810
publication date: 5 October
2018
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