Eviota melasma

Eviota melasma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
Species:
E. melasma
Binomial name
Eviota melasma

Eviota melasma, commonly called headspot eviota or melasma pygmy goby among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae.

The headspot eviota has been documented only in Australia; records of the fish elsewhere are thought to be misidentifications. The fish is found on offshore reefs and coastal reefs, just below the tidal zone.

The headspot eviota is a small-sized fish, growing up to 30 millimetres (1.2 in) length. It is a semi-transparent pygmy goby marked with irregular rufous internal bars along the length of its body, with a black spot above the opening of the gills, irregular reddish blotches on its nape, and three reddish blotches which are separated by whitish barring on the belly. It also has a thin white stripe at the base of the pectoral fin.

References

  1. ↑ Greenfield, D.; Larson, H. & Williams, J.T. (2016). "Eviota melasma". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T193237A2212856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193237A2212856.en.
  2. ↑ "Common Names List - Eviota melasma".
  3. ↑ David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom (2016). "A key to the dwarfgoby species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota) described between 1871 and 2016" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 24: 35–90.
  4. 1 2 Bray, D.J. (2016). "Eviota melasma". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eviota melasma". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  6. ↑ Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893.