Species Eviota guttata Lachner & Karnella, 1978
Spotted Dwarfgoby, Spotted Fringefin Goby, Spotted Pygmygoby, Whitelined Eviota (note this was applied as the Standard Name for Eviota albolineata)
- Eviota guttata 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, figs 2a, 3b, 5].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 218013, Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea.
Paratype(s) AM I.20060-001; CAS 138900; USNM 218014-218024.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 [misidentification]. —
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [167]
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.
Introduction
This species has been confused with Eviota albolineata from the central Pacific (Greenfield & Randall 2010). However use of the name Eviota guttata for the Australian form is tentative, until further comparison is made with western Indian Ocean material and Eviota rubrisparsa. It would appear that Jewett & Karnella (1983) may have been right that Eviota guttata is restricted to the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman. The Australian material may represent a separate species; it appears to differ considerably in coloration from typical Eviota guttata, with the species ranging from the Maldives to the western Pacific. Greenfield & Winterbottom (2016) suggested that material from the Pacific may belong to an undescribed species. Specimens from Lord Howe Island are included here tentatively, but these may be the real Eviota albolineata. Further work is needed on this complex.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Scott Reef (14°01'S) to Cartier Reef (12°33'S), WA and Lizard Island, QLD (14°40'S) to Sydney, NSW (33°49'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [167] (Lord Howe Island)
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [331]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore.
General References
Greenfield, D.W. & Randall, J.E 2010. Four new gobiid fishes of the genus Eviota from the western Pacific, with clarification of Eviota guttata and Eviota albolineata (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61(3): 269-289 [286]
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 [46]
Jewett, S.L. & Lachner, E.A. 1983. Seven new species of the Indo-Pacific genus Eviota (Pisces : Gobiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(4): 780-806 figs 1-13
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [915] (Spotted Dwarfgoby)
Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp. [236] (Spotted Fringefin Goby)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [531] (misspelled Pygmgoby) (Spotted Pygmygoby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitelined Eviota)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 17-Aug-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 08-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |