Eviota teresae

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 teresae

Name

Eviota teresae Greenfield & Randall, 2016

• Holotype: CAS 229088.
• Paratypes: CAS 238205 (8, 3, 1), 219808 (13, 6); USNM 436602 (3, 2).

Type locality: Fiji, Rabi Island, N.W. shore, 16°26.701’ S, 179°56.261’ W, 0.5–1.8 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym, a noun in the Latin genitive case, in honor of Teresa Arámbula Greenfield who assisted in collecting the type material and has provided field, editorial, and moral support to the first author for many years.

Vernacular names

English: Terry’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.