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 eyreae

Name edit

Eviota eyreae Greenfield & Randall, 2016

  • Holotype: CAS 238067.

Type locality: Vatu-i-ra Island, Fiji, 17°18.82’ S, 178°28.21’ W, 3 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym, a noun in the Latin genitive case, named for Janet V. Eyre who collected and photographed the species in Fiji and who also has been of great assistance in our studies of the dwarfgobies.

Vernacular names edit

English: Eyre’s Dwarfgoby

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