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Eviota herrei Jordan & Seale, 1906 Herre's dwarfgoby |
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photo by
Winterbottom, R. |
| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae | |||
| Max. size: | 1.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 6 m | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-Pacific: Samoa (other records from throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean may represent a species complex); also eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia; north to Japan (Ryukyu Islands); east to French Polynesia (Rapa); south to Australia (Great Barrier Reef). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Characterized by the following: dorsal to anal fin-ray formula 8/8; translucent greyish with orange scale margins; presence of six faint internal dark bars ventrally on body just above base of anal-fin to caudal peduncle; close-set, cheek with close-set, irregular dusky brown spots; ninth to fourteenth pectoral rays usually branched; longitudinal scale series 21-24; ctenoid scales, absent in head, nape, chest and pectoral fin base; separated pelvic fins, thin membrane joining bases; 4-7 branches on fourth pelvic ray; depth of body 3.5-4.1 in SL (Ref. 90102). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 06 March 2015 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||