Eviota notata

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 notata

Holotype: ANSP 145893.

Paratypes:

Seychelles: USNM 221757 (3), 221755 (5); ANSP 146510 (5); CAS 47917 (3); AMS I. 22204-001 (2); BPBM 26536 (2); ANSP 146511 (9), 146512 (1), 146513 (2), 146514 (9), 146508 (1), 146515 (1).
Mauritius: USNM 221753 (3), 221751 (15).
Chagos Archipelago: ROM 36420 (5), 36419 (5), 36418 (2), 36417 (2); NMC 80-615 (2); USNM 221744 (2).

Type locality: Seychelles, Mahe Island vicinity, inner edge of reef, N. of Anonyme Island, ~ 4.6°S, 55.5°E, 0–1.6 m depth.[1]

Etymology: The specific epithet is from the Latin word nota meaning mark, in reference to the large, dark marks on the head and nape.

English: Barhead Dwarfgoby

Greenfield, D.W.; Jewett, S.L. 2012: Two new gobiid fishes of the genus Eviota from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3515: 67–74. Preview Reference page.