Eviota samota, Samota dwarfboy

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Eviota samota Greenfield, Erdmann & Putra, 2025

Samota dwarfboy
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Eviota: No etymology given, suggested by Christopher Scharpt: from Latin 'eu' for 'true' and 'iota' for anything very small, in combination 'truly very small' referring to it as being the smallest vertebrate at the time it has benn described by Jenkins (thus, making the suggestion by Scharpt plausible; samota: Name 'samota' from SAMOTA Biosphere Reserve at Teluk Saleh, Sumbawa, Indonesia. Name in apposition.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 5 m (Ref. 133011). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: Indonesia,

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.0 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: combination of a cephalic sensory canal pore system with only SOT and paired PITO pores; 8/8 dorsal/anal fin-ray formula; thickened ends of one or more of ventralmost pectoral-fin rays suggestive of branching; absence of fifth pelvic-fin ray; red-orange body basic color with a golden-yellow head, pectoral-fin base, and caudal-fin base.
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The species is found in reef areas 3-5 meters deep.

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Greenfield, D.W., M.V. Erdmann and M.I.H. Putra, 2025. Eviota samota, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Sumbawa, Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 42:1-6. (Ref. 133011)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.9   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈