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Issue: Vol. 3515 No. 1: 12 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3515.1.5
Page range: 67–74
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new Gobiid fishes of the genus Eviota from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

Research Associate, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4503, and Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii. Mailing address: 944 Egan Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950
2920 Rosemary Lane, Falls Church, VA 22042-1814
Fish Eviota notata Eviota springeri Eviota atriventris systematics Indian Ocean

Abstract

Two new species from the Indian Ocean are described, Eviota notata and Eviota springeri. Eviota notata has a completecephalic sensory pore system (pattern 1), a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 7/7, some branched pectoral-fin rays, and threeprominent dark transverse marks on the nape. Eviota notata is known from the Seychelle Islands, Mauritius, and ChagosArchipelago. Eviota springeri lacks the IT pore belonging to cephalic sensory pore system pattern 2, has a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 8/7, unbranched pectoral-fin rays, and a small fifth pelvic-fin ray. Eviota springeri is known from the Sey-chelle Islands, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago, and the Amirante Islands. An Errata concerning the type material of Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki is presented.

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