Species Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale, 1906
Distigma Eviota, Twospot Dwarfgoby, Twospot Pygmy Goby
- Eviota distigma Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53 [389, fig. 79].
Type data:
Lectotype CAS (SU) 8710, Pago Pago, Samoa.
Paralectotype(s) USNM 51757.Subsequent designation references:
Lachner, E.A. & Karnella, S.J. 1978. Fishes of the genus Eviota of the Red Sea with descriptions of three new species (Teleostei : Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 286: 1-23 figs 1-11 [9].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North West Cape (28°30'S) to Kendrew Island (20°29'S), WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea and Pandora Reef (11°28'S) to One Tree Island (23°30'S), QLD, Boot Reef, Coral SEa; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398 [396]
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [130]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore.
General References
Greenfield, D.W. & Winterbottom, R. 2016. A key to the dwarfgoby species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota) described between 1871 and 2016. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 24: 35-90 [52]
Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2006. Family Gobiidae. pp. 1612-1697 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1643]
Lachner, E.A. & Karnella, S.J. 1980. Fishes of the Indo-Pacific genus Eviota with descriptions of eight new species (Teleostei : Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 315: 1-127 figs 1-66
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2037)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [913] (Twospot Dwarfgoby)
Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp. [236] (Twospot Pygmy Goby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Distigma Eviota)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [56] (Distigma Eviota)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 02-Jul-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 25-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |