Eviota lateritea

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 lateritea

Name

Eviota lateritea Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2016

• Holotype: ROM 64446.
• Paratypes: ROM 101520 (0, 1), 64450 (0, 1), 64471 (1, 1), 64462 (0, 2); CAS 238872 (1, 1).

Type locality: New Caledonia, Port De Goro, fringing reef off road, 22°20’00” S, 167°00’20” E, silty coral rubble bottom, 18.3–24.4 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet lateritea is derived from laterite, a mineral producing the red dust that is all-pervasive in southern New Caledonia, referring to the red coloration of the species.

Vernacular names

English: Laterite Dwarfgoby

References

• Greenfield, D.W. & Winterbottom, R. 2016. Three new dwarfgobies from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 22: 28–40. PDF Reference page.