Eviota pinocchioi

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 pinocchioi

Name

• Eviota pinocchioi Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2012

Holotype: ROM 76361. Paratypes: ROM 93606 (3, 2), 79437 (7), 80677 (1), 81010 (1, 1, c&s), 77499 (2), 80701 (1, 2); CAS 234444 (ex-ROM 74882) (1, 1, 1); AMS I.46071-001 (ex-ROM 74882) (1); USNM 406709 (ex-ROM 80687) (2).

Type locality: Palau, S.W. corner of Uchelbeluu Reef, 07°16'54.3"N, 134°31'38.7"E, 15.2–26.5 m depth.[1]

Etymology: Named after Carlo Collodi’s fictional character Pinocchio, who had a nose that grew long when he lied, alluding to the exceptionally long anterior tubular nares in this species.

Primary references

• Greenfield, D.W.; Winterbottom, R. 2012: Two new dwarfgobies from the Southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Zootaxa 3572: 33–42. Preview Reference page.