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> 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; maculosa:Name from the Latin adjective 'maculosa' for 'spotted', referring to the distinctive, large black spots on the first dorsal fin of males; treated as a feminine nominative singular adjective.
เงี่ยงครีบหลัง (รวม) : 7; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่หาง (รวม) : 9; เงี่ยงครีบก้น: 1; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่ก้น: 8. This species of Eviota with cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only an IT pore (Pattern 2); dorsal/anal fin-ray formula 9/8; some pectoral-fin rays branched; fifth pelvic-fin ray present; urogenital papilla of male wide with straight smooth sides and many small papillae on end; no wedge-shaped mark at caudal-fin base and no dark spot over preural centrum; no distinct dark spots on pectoral-fin base; no postocular spot, but an oblong-to-teardrop-shaped mark dorsolaterally on head behind upper portion of eye; edges of scale pockets darkly pigmented; large round black spots on spines of first dorsal fin, about 1/3 pupil diameter, in larger males; large round spots usually on second dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 118650). Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Greenfield, D.W., L. Tornabene, M. Gómez-Buckley and M.V. Erdmann, 2018. Eviota maculosa, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 31:18-31. (Ref. 118650)
สถานะบัญชีแดงของ IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
