CAAB: 37428421
Species Eviota rubrisparsa Greenfield & Randall, 2010
Redspeckled Dwarfgoby
- Eviota rubrisparsa 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 [276, figs. 11-16].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.29017-003 ♂, south of Smith Point, Christmas Island [10°26'S, 105°40'E].
Paratype(s) BPBM 39055; WAM P.29017-00.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 [misidentification]. —
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [215]
Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202 [200]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Possibly also Cocos (Keeling) Islands, it is unclear if record of E. albolineata from Cocos (Keeling) Islands is this species or E. guttata; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef.
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 [45]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [921] (Redspeckled Dwarfgoby)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 17-Aug-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| GOBIOIDEI | 10-Dec-2011 | ADDED | Dr Doug Hoese |