Eviota nigramembrana

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 nigramembrana

Name

Eviota nigramembrana Greenfield & Suzuki, 2013

• Holotype: OMNH-P 35642.
• Paratypes: USNM 406763 (ex OMNH-P 4285) (1); OMNH-P 34238 (1), 35639 (1), 35641 (1), 35644 (1); CAS 234537-(ex OMNH-P 35643).

Type locality: Okinawa Prefecture, the Ryukyu Islands, Uehara, Iriomote-jima Island, 24.4325N, 123.8148E [1], 3–5 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is combining the Latin nigra (= black), and membrana (= membrane), referring to the distinctive black pigment on the opercular membrane.

References

• Greenfield, D.W.; Suzuki, T. 2013: Eviota nigramembrana, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3637(2): 169–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.2.7 Reference page.