Eviota melanosphena

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 melanosphena

Name

Eviota melanosphena Greenfield & Jewett, 2016

• Holotype: AMS I.19483-092.
• Paratypes: AMNH 58019 (4), 55063 (4), 58020 (3); AMS I.19473-219 (33), I.18755-144 (2), I.19108-133 (6), I.19456-112 (3), I.19482-171 (4), I.21540-020 (1), I.20211-045 (3), I.20213-036 (5); ANSP 150921 (4), 159292 (1); CAS 52738 (4); USNM 235375 (5), 235373 (6), 235374 (3), 235376 (7), 235377 (8), 235379 (3), 247332 (2), 235378 (2) .

Type locality: Sand Cay, on top of reef, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 0–3 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a feminine compound adjective derived from a latinized Greek combination, melanos, meaning black, and sphena, meaning wedge, in reference to the dark, wedge-shaped mark at the base of the caudal fin.

Vernacular names

English: Wedge Dwarfgoby

References

• Greenfield, D.W. & Jewett, S.L. 2016. Eviota melanosphena, a new dwarfgoby from Australia (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 21: 71–77. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.55695 Reference page.