Eviota melasma

Eviota melasma, commonly called headspot eviota or melasma pygmy goby among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae.[2]

Eviota melasma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
Species:
E. melasma
Binomial name
Eviota melasma
Lachner & Karnella, 1980

The headspot eviota has been recorded only from Australia, records elsewhere are thought to be misidentifications.[3] It is found on offshore reefs and coastal reefs,[4] just below the tidal zone.[5]

The headspot eviota is a small sized fish, it can grow up to a size of 30 millimetres (1.2 in) length.[6] It is a semi-transparent pygmygoby marked with irregular rufous internal bars along the length of its body, there is a black spot above the opening of the gills and there are irregular reddish blotches on its nape and it has three reddish blotches which are separated by whitish barring on the belly. There is also a thin white stripe at the base of the pectoral fin.[4]

References
  1. Greenfield, D.; Larson, H. & Williams, J.T. (2016). "Eviota melasma". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T193237A2212856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193237A2212856.en.
  2. "Common Names List - Eviota melasma".
  3. David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom (2016). "A key to the dwarfgoby species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota) described between 1871 and 2016" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 24: 35–90.
  4. Bray, D.J. (2016). "Eviota melasma". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Eviota melasma" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  6. Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893.
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