Eviota richardi

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 richardi

Name

Eviota richardi Greenfield & Randall, 2016

• Holotype: CAS 238175.
• Paratypes: CAS 238176 (4, 5), 238180 (1, 0), 238182 (1, 3); ROM 45203 (3, 2), 45209 (11, 9); USNM 436603 (2, 0).

Type locality: Fiji, Viti Levu, Charybdis Reef, 17º13.138’ S, 178º02.851’ E, 4.6–6.8 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym, a noun in the Latin genitive case, in honor of Richard (Rick) Winterbottom, Royal Ontario Museum, who made important collections in Fiji, also recognized this species as undescribed, and has provided invaluable help to the first author.

Vernacular names

English: Rick’s Dwarfgoby

References

• Greenfield, D.W., & Randall, J.E. 2016. A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 25–75. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.48268 Reference page.