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Eviota sodwanaensis Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2016

Sodwana dwarfgoby
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Eviota sodwanaensis
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Eviota: No etymology given, suggested by Christopher Scharpt: from Latin 'eu' for 'true' and 'iota' for anything very small, in combination 'truly very small' referring to it as being the smallest vertebrate at the time it has benn described by Jenkins (thus, making the suggestion by Scharpt plausible.;  sodwanaensis: Named for its type locality, Sodwana Bay (an adjective), plus the Latin suffix ensis denoting locality of occurrence,.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 14 - 30 m (Ref. 111251). Temperate

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Western Indian Ocean: Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111251); 1.7 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: complete cephalic sensory-pore system (pattern 1); 15 pectoral-fin rays, 9-14 are branched; dorsal/anal fin-ray formula, 8/7; short fifth pelvic-fin ray, 20% of 4th ray; with a dark occipital spot and a dark spot on preural centrum; orange (not dark) spots on pectoral-fin base 2, the upper one twice size of lower; first dorsal and anal fins are black; second dorsal fin dark (Ref. 111251).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Greenfield, D.W. and R. Winterbottom, 2016. Eviota sodwanaensis, a new dwarfgoby from South Africa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 22:53-57. (Ref. 111251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).