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 thamani

Name

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Eviota thamani Greenfield & Randall, 2016

  • Holotype: USNM 235816.
  • Paratypes: USNM 436601 (4, 8, 1); CAS 238206 (1, 1).

Type locality: Fiji, Ono-i-Lau, outside barrier reef, N.W. side of island, 21°38’ S, 178° 45’ W, 13.5–16.5 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym, a noun in the Latin genitive case, in honor of Dr. Randolph R. Thaman, Professor of Pacific Islands Biogeography at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.

Vernacular names

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English: Thaman’s Dwarfgoby

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