Eviota asymbasia

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Eviota
Species: Eviota asymbasia

Name

Eviota asymbasia Greenfield & Jewett, 2016

• Holotype: USNM 229476.
• Paratypes: CAS 238219 (2, 2); ROM 101093 (2, 1); USNM 437288 (4, 1), 229470 (1, 0), 229471 (1, 0), 229473 (3, 1), 229475 (0, 1), 229477 (0, 1).

Type locality: Philippine Islands, Palawan Province, Cuyo Id., 1 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Greek word asymbasia meaning inconsistency, in reference to the variability of the presence of the preopercular pores.

Vernacular names

English: Inconsistent Dwarfgoby

References

• Greenfield, D.W. & Jewett, S.L. 2016. Two new dwarfgobies from the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Zootaxa 4121(5): 589–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.5.9. Reference page.