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Issue: Vol. 2672 No. 1: 10 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2672.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 2

Eviota karaspila, a new gobiid fish from Fiji (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4503 Research Associate, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences and Emeritus Professor, University of Hawaii. Mailing address: 944 Egan Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704
Fish Teleostei Gobiidae Eviota melasma Eviota smaragdus Fiji

Abstract

A new species of goby, Eviota karaspila, most similar to E. melasma, is described from Fiji. It differs from E. melasma in having a larger eye and in live coloration and from E. smaragdus in having a more slender caudal peduncle, and in coloration.

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