Eviota bipunctata

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 bipunctata

Name

Eviota bipunctata Greenfield & Jewett, 2016

• Holotype: USNM 225176.
• Paratypes: AMS I.22210-001 (2), I.22207-001 (2); ANSP 146760 (2); BPBM 26540 (1); CAS 47920 (2), 47919 (1); USNM 225175 (5), 225174 (9), 225173 (1), 225171 (3), 225170 (4), 225172 (1).

Type locality: Philippine Is., Palawan Province, NW side of Putic Id., 10°55’05” N, 121°02’03”E, 0–4.6 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a compound adjective from the Latin words bi (= two) and punctum (= dot/spot) in reference to the two dark spots on the fleshy pectoral-fin base.

Vernacular names

English: Twinspot 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.