Eviota bilunula, Crescent dwarfgoby

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Eviota bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki, 2016

Crescent dwarfgoby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Eviota: No etymology given, suggested by Christopher Scharpt: from Latin 'eu' for 'true' and 'iota' for anything very small, in combination 'truly very small' referring to it as being the smallest vertebrate at the time it has benn described by Jenkins (thus, making the suggestion by Scharpt plausible.;  bilunula: Name from Latin 'bi' meaning two and 'lunula' for little moon; referring to the two distinctive black crescent-shaped marks underneath the pectoral fin; nominative singular feminine adjective..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 14 m (Ref. 113376). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: Fiji.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 113376); 1.0 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: cephalic sensory-canal pore system missing only IT pore (pattern 2); dorsal/anal fin-ray formula 7/7 or 8/7; unbranched pectoral-fin rays; 5th pelvic-fin ray 15.9-16.4% of 4th ray; presence of a narrow dark bar at caudal-fin base; with a red line extending down from under eye to jaws; there are 5 postanal ventral-midline spots associated with subcutaneous bars; 2 distinctive black crescent-shaped marks present underneath the pectoral fin (Ref. 113376).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected from rubble bottom by clove oil at 13.5 m depth (Ref. 113376).

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Greenfield, D.W. and T. Suzuki, 2016. Eviota bilunula, a new dwarfgoby from Fiji, with a redescription of Eviota flebilis (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:1-9. (Ref. 113376)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 29 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.9   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).