Journal of the
Ocean Science Foundation

An open-access free online peer-reviewed Marine Biology Journal, since 2008.

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Eviota bacata, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Caledonia

David W. Greenfield, Mark V. Erdmann & Antoine Teitelbaum

Abstract

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota bacata n. sp., is described from New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. The new species is characterized by a cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (pattern 2); a dorsal/anal-fin formula of 7/7; pectoral-fin rays unbranched; the fifth pelvic-fin ray 20% of length of the fourth ray; the abdomen with black peritoneum clearly visible externally and with a yellow-white stripe along the dorsal portion and a row of distinctive round white spots on the ventral portion; and a vertically elongated black mark at the top of the pectoral-fin base. The species is most similar to Eviota atriventris.

 
 
 

CITATION:

Greenfield, D.W., Erdmann, M.V. & Teitelbaum, A. (2024) Eviota bacata, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Caledonia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 41, 14-21.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11114207

publication date: 4 May 2024