FB-7260 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Eviota Eviota cometa Jewett & Lachner, 1983 Comet dwarfgoby Comet Eviota Comet pygmy goby Comet pygmy-goby 对斑矶塘鳢對斑磯塘鱧 Eviota zebrina (non Lachner & Karnella, 1978) 1993-02-01 2016-07-04 Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Jewett, S.L. and E.A. Lachner0 Seven new species of the Indo-Pacific genus Eviota (Pisces: Gobiidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 96(4):780-806. (Ref. 5291) Kulbicki, M., J.E. Randall and J. Rivaton0 Checklist of the fishes of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). Micronesica 27(1/2):1-43. (Ref. 11897) Kulbicki, M. and J.T. Williams0 Checklist of the shorefishes of Ouvea Atoll, New Caledonia. Atoll Res. Bull. 444:26 p. (Ref. 13236) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. 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(Ref. 116739) Tornabene, L., D.W. Greenfield and M.V. Erdmann0 A review of the Eviota zebrina complex, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Gobiidae). ZooKeys 1057:149-184. (Ref. 126577) Greenfield, D.W. and M.V. Erdmann0 Redescription of the Fijian dwarfgoby Eviota cometa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 38:104-112. (Ref. 127576) FB-GeneralDescr-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2016-07-04 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Collected from consolidated coral growth rising 2 m off sand and silt bottom, in 9-15 m depth; also from turbid waters on fine-sand and coral-rubble bottom (Ref. 127576). Tornabene, L., D.W. Greenfield and M.V. Erdmann 2021 A review of the Eviota zebrina complex, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Gobiidae). ZooKeys 1057:149-184. (Ref. 126577) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-06 00:00:00 2024-02-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: a cephalic sensory-canal pore pattern lacking only IT pore (pattern 2), AITO pore small and opening dorsally; a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 9/8; unbranched pectoral-fin rays 16 or 17 (usually 17); fifth pelvic-fin ray 5-17% of fourth ray; body depth 18-23% SL. Colouration: pectoral-fin base without dark occipital spots or dark spots; entire iris of eye is dark reddish, pupil surrounded by a white ring, dorsal side of eye next to interorbital area has a short white bar not visible laterally; a two-part, black, basicaudal spot over preural centrum made up of a short, wedge-like, triangular front section connecting to a short, wide bar over end of hypural plate, and with a yellow spot over nexus; caudal fin is crossed by thin, red, diagonal bars, pale when preserved (Ref. 127576). Greenfield, D.W. and M.V. Erdmann 2021 Redescription of the Fijian dwarfgoby Eviota cometa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 38:104-112. (Ref. 127576) FB-Morphology-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-06 00:00:00 2024-02-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8 Greenfield, D.W. and M.V. Erdmann 2021 Redescription of the Fijian dwarfgoby Eviota cometa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 38:104-112. (Ref. 127576) FB-Distribution-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Southwestern Pacific: Fiji and Tonga. Tornabene, L., D.W. Greenfield and M.V. Erdmann 2021 A review of the Eviota zebrina complex, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Gobiidae). ZooKeys 1057:149-184. (Ref. 126577) FB-TrophicStrategy-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2019-04-16 00:00:00 2024-02-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public cometa http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Found over a wide range of habitats, including well-developed coral reef, dead coral covered with algae, rock, sand, and silt (Ref. 116739); murky sediment with sand and rubble and rocky shores (Ref. 127576). Greenfield, D.W. 2017 An overview of the dwarfgobies, the second most speciose coral-reef fish genus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 29:32-54. (Ref. 116739) FB-Size-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2016-07-04 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 1.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 127576)) Greenfield, D.W. and M.V. Erdmann 2021 Redescription of the Fijian dwarfgoby Eviota cometa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 38:104-112. (Ref. 127576) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-7260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2016-07-04 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7260 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 127576) Greenfield, D.W. and M.V. Erdmann 2021 Redescription of the Fijian dwarfgoby Eviota cometa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 38:104-112. (Ref. 127576)