Genus Eviota Jenkins, 1903
Greenies
- Eviota Jenkins, O.P. 1903. Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 22: 417-511 figs 1-50 pls 1-4 [501].
Type species:
Eviota ephiphanes Jenkins, 1903 by original designation.
Introduction
The genus is one of the largest gobioid genera known, with over 110 species currently recognised (Greenfield et al. (2018). Recent genetic studies have shown that many species are not as widely distributed as previously thought and some names of Australian species will probably change in the near future. Several species of unknown identity are known from Australia and other parts of the Indo-west-central Pacific region.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
GOBIIDAE: Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 — 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] (restricted to central Pacific)
GOBIIDAE: Eviota nigriventris Giltay, 1933 — Greenfield, D.W. & Randall, J.E. 2011. Two new Indo-Pacific species in the Eviota nigriventris complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 2997: 54-66 [60] (little Australian material examined and the species may occur in Australia; Eviota nigriventris is known from Indonesia, not far from Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea and from the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea.); Greenfield, D.W. & Tornabene, L. 2014. Eviota brahmi n. sp. from Papua New Guinea, with a redescription of Eviota nigriventris (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3793(1): 133-146 [139] (underwater photos show a similar species from Australia, but the identity has not been confirmed from Australia.)
GOBIIDAE: Eviota pellucida Larson, 1976 — Greenfield, D.W. & Suzuki, T. 2012. Eviota atriventris, a new goby previously misidentified as Eviota pellucida Larson (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3197: 55-62 [61] (restricted to north Pacific, from Japan to Marshall Islands)
GOBIIDAE: Eviota punctulata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 [restricted to Fiji] — Greenfield, D.W., Tornabene, L., Gómez-Buckley, M. & Erdmann, M.V. 2018. Eviota maculosa, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 31: 18-31
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Greenfield, D.W., Tornabene, L., Gómez-Buckley, M. & Erdmann, M.V. 2018. Eviota maculosa, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 31: 18-31
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
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
Karnella, S.J. & Lachner, E.A. 1981. Three new species of the Eviota epiphanes group having vertical trunk bars (Pisces : Gobiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 264-275 figs 1-6
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
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
Common Name References
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [280] (Greenies)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2019 | GOBIIDAE | 10-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 10-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 10-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |