RESEARCH ARTICLE

Eviota bikiniensis, a new dwarfgoby from Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

Mark V. Erdmann, David W. Greenfield & Nesha K. Ichida

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota bikiniensis, is described from Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, an archipelago in the northwestern tropical Pacific Ocean. The new species is distinguished by lacking all cephalic sensory-canal pores and having thickened unbranched pectoral-fin rays, no fifth pelvic-fin ray, a dorsal/anal-fin formula of 8/7, and a distinctive, blue-white, elongated first dorsal-fin spine on the male unique holotype.

CITATION:

Erdmann, M.V., Greenfield D.W. & Ichida, N.K. (2025) Eviota bikiniensis, a new dwarfgoby from Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 45, 1-5.

(and erratum for Eviota vader josf43c)

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17794266

publication date: 4 December 2025