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Issue: Vol. 2655 No. 1: 25 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2655.1.4
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 3

Eviota nigrispina, a New Goby from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4599
Kawanishi-modoridai Senior High School, 1-8 Kouyoudai,Kawanishi, Hyogo 666-0115, Japan
Fish Ichthyology systematics Gobiidae Eviota new species Japan

Abstract

A new species of goby, Eviota nigrispina, is described from the Ryukyu Islands Japan. The species belongs to cephalic sensory-pore pattern group 2 of Lachner and Karnella (1980), has an 8/7 dorsal/anal formula, unbranched pectoral-fin rays. It has a distinct black stripe running along the backbone in live or freshly caught fish, and strong black pigment along scale pockets on the ventral half of the sides when preserved.

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