Eviota thamani

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

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

English: Thaman’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.