Headspot Eviota (species: Eviota melasma) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Eviota melasma
Headspot Eviota


©Victor Huertas: Eviota melasma at the lagoon entrance bommie, Lizard Island.

©Victor Huertas: Eviota melasma at the lagoon entrance bommie, Lizard Island.

©Renato Morais: Eviota melasma in the Lizard Island lagoon.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Eviota
Species Eviota melasma

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Colours

                                                      

Distinguishing features

A patch of small black chromatophores above the operculum (information provided by Chris Goatley, Jun 2020).

Translucent body; spine has red/brown and white dashes. Two or more fan-shaped, reddish blotches on lower side behind pectoral fin; a thin white stripe above the blotches and white bands separating them, and a white bar on base of pectoral fin. Upper part of eye spotted. Rear body scales with vertical markings.

Size

  • Up to 3.2 cm (Length according to Allen et al, 2003)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Gonzalez-Cabello, A. and D.R. Bellwood (2009). Local ecological impacts of regional biodiversity on reef fish assemblages, Journal of Biogeography, 36: 1129-1137. LIRS catalog number 1267.
  • Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Randall (2010). Eviota karaspila, a new gobiid fish from Fiji (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa, 2672: 61-68. LIRS catalog number 1397.
  • Depczynski, M. and D.R. Bellwood (2006). Extremes, plasticity, and invariance in vertebrate life history traits: insights from coral reef fishes, Ecology, 87: 3119-3127. LIRS catalog number 1025.
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