Eviota erdmanni

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 erdmanni

Name

Eviota erdmanni Tornabene & Greenfield, 2016

Holotype: CAS 238221.
Paratype: CAS 238222.

Type locality: Indonesia, Ende, south Flores, 08°53.269’ S, 121° 7.599’ E, 3 m depth.

Etymology: named in honor of Dr. Mark V. Erdmann, who has tirelessly photographed and collected numerous individuals of Eviota, many of which are new to science, including this species.

Vernacular names

English: Erdmann’s Dwarfgoby

References

Tornabene, L. & Greenfield, D.W. 2016. Eviota erdmanni (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new dwarfgoby from the Savu Sea, Flores, Indonesia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 22: 1-9. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.56572 Reference page.

Links

Eviota erdmanni in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.