Species Eviota variola Lachner & Karnella, 1980
Finspot Eviota, Finspot Dwarfgoby
- Eviota variola 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 [76, figs 43-45].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 219238, One Tree Island, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM I.20202–014; AM I.20204–018; ANSP 141142; LACM 33723–28; USNM 219240.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Eviota viridis (Waite, 1904) [misidentification]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1913. Studies in Australian fishes, No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 9(3): 355-389 figs 54-55 pls 12-20 [387] (Queensland)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Boot Reef, Coral Sea, Cape Tribulation (16°06'S) to One Tree Island (23°30'S), QLD, possibly New Guinea; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Cape Province (20), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore.
General References
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. [1648]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [368] (in part, as Eviota viridis)
Common Name 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 [69] (Finspot Dwarfgoby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Finspot 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 [57] (Finspot Eviota)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 02-Jul-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 24-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |