Eviota atriventris

Eviota atriventris

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 atriventris

Name

• Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki, 2012

Holotype: ROM 76339. Paratypes: BPBM 41084 (4); CAS 233514 (6); OMNH P38332 (1), P38333 (4), P38334 (1), P38335 (1); ROM 74893, 74922 (62), 84482 (1), 84498 (1), 88227 (14); USNM 402735 (4); WAM P.33535 (4).

Type locality: Palau Island, due west of Koror, 7°20'44.3"N, 134°16'47.2"E, depth 0-7.9 meters.[1]

Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective combining the Latin atrus (= black) and venter (= belly), referring to the black pigment in the area of the abdomen.

References

Primary references

• Greenfield, D.W.; Suzuki, T. 2012: Eviota atriventris, a new goby previously misidentified as Eviota pellucida Larson (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa, 3197: 55–62. Preview
• Greenfield, D.W.; Jewett, S.L. 2012: Two new gobiid fishes of the genus Eviota from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3515: 67–74. Preview Reference page.  [see p. 74 for errata]