Eviota sebreei, common name Sebree's pygmy goby or striped dwarfgoby, is a species of fishes belonging to the family Gobiidae.[3]
| Eviota sebreei | |
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| Eviota sebreei from Maldives | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Eviota |
| Species: | E. sebreei
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| Binomial name | |
| Eviota sebreei D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
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Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of Capt. Uriel Sebree (1848-1922), of the U.S. Navy, he was commandant at the U.S. Naval Station Tutuila in American Samoa, and through whom the gunboat Wheeling and its equipment were placed at the describers disposal.[4]
Distribution edit
This species is widespread and common throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa and north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland and New Caledonia.[5][6][7]
Habitat edit
These tropical marine neritic fishes are associated with clear waters coral reef, at depths of 0 to 30 m.[5]
Description edit
Eviota sebreei can reach a body length of about 25 mm (0.98 in). This species has six dorsal spines, 8-10 dorsal soft rays, one anal spine and 8-9 anal soft rays. The dorsal/anal-fin formula is 9/8. The fifth pelvic-fin ray is about 50-80% of the fourth ray. These fishes are characterized by a reddish longitudinal stripe in the mid-body, with a broken white line and some white spots The pectoral rays are unbranched. On the caudal fin base there is a pale-edged black spot.[5][8][9]
Biology and behavior edit
These fishes usually perch on live coral of lagoon reefs and on reef-slopes, sometimes in company of some other fishes of the same species.[5]
Bibliography edit
- Greenfield, D. W.; Randall, J. E. (2016). A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Zenodo.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Myers, R.F. (1991) Micronesian reef fishes., Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
- Randall, J.E. and M. Goren (1993) A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives., Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (58):1-37, 5 pls.
References edit
- ^ Larson, H., Williams, J.T. & Allen, G. 2015 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015
- ^ WoRMS
- ^ Biolib
- ^ http://www.etyfish.org
- ^ a b c d Fishbase
- ^ Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ Richard Field Reef Fishes of Oman
- ^ Rudie H. Kuiter, Timothy Godfrey Fishes of the Maldives
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