Eviota randalli

Taxonavigation

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 randalli

Name

Eviota randalli Greenfield, 2009

Holotype: CAS 228572. Paratypes: BPBM 41001 (1); CAS 219785 (1), 228573 (1), 228574 (1), 228575 (1); ROM 60894 (1), 60895 (2), 84966 (1); USNM 396995 (1).

Type locality: Cobia Island, outside barrier reef, 16°27.333'S, 179°40.250'W, Fiji, depth 12–17 meters.

Etymology: named after U.S. ichthyologist John Ernest Randall.

References

• Greenfield, D.W. 2009. Eviota randalli, a new gobiid fish from Oceania. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4) 60(20): 683–687. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Randall’s Dwarfgoby