Eviota piperata

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 piperata

Name

Eviota piperata Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2014

• Holotype: ROM 84490.
• Paratypes: ROM 94753 (ex-ROM 84490) (7, 18), 94754 (ex-ROM 84501) (4, 5); AMS I.146290-001 (1, 1); CAS 236164 (1, 1); USNM 410661 (1, 1).

Type locality: Palau, Sonsoral State, about middle of East coast of Fana Island, 05°21’17”N, 132°13’27”E [1], 6–9 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet piperata is from the Latin piper (= pepper) referring to the heavy peppering of melanophores over the head and rest of the body.

Vernacular names

English: Peppered Dwarfgoby

References

• Greenfield, D.W.; Winterbottom, R. 2014: Eviota piperata, a new gobiid species from Palau (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3755(3): 295–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.3.7 Reference page.