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Issue: Vol. 2997 No. 1: 17 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2997.1.4
Page range: 54-66
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new Indo-Pacific species in the Eviota nigriventris complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118-4599 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 new species systematics coloration

Abstract

Three species are recognized in the Eviota nigriventris complex, two of them new. Eviota nigriventris Giltay is a species with a red ventral band, edged dorsally with a narrow white line, the ventral band ending in an asymmetrical black mark at the caudal-fin base; E. dorsopurpurea n. sp. is a species with a purple back and head and a black ventral band ending in a semi-circular spot; and E. dorsogilva n. sp. is a species with a black to dark reddish ventral band ending in a semicircular spot and has a cream-colored back. Eviota dorsogilva and E. dorsopurpurea also differ in counts, pectoral-fin base coloration and eye size.

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