Eviota karaspila

Taxonavigation

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 karaspila

Name

• Eviota karaspila Greenfield & Randall, 2010

• Holotype: CAS 229856.
• Paratypes: Many.

Type locality: Nananu-i-Ra, 17°16.704'S, 178°12.932'E, Viti Levu, Fiji, depth 3-6 meters.

Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective combining the Greek kara (= head) and spilous (= spot), referring to the distinctive occipital spot.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Headspot Pygmygoby

References

• Greenfield, D.W.; Randall, J.E. 2010: Eviota karaspila, a new gobiid fish from Fiji (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa, 2672: 61–68. Preview
• Greenfield, D.W., & Randall, J.E. 2016. A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 25–75. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.48268 Reference page. 

Links

• Eviota karaspila in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Eviota karaspila in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.