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Diagnostic Description

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (pattern 2); unbranched pectoral-fin rays; dorsal/anal-fin formula is 8-9/7-8; the fifth pelvic-fin is ray 10% of 4th pelvic ray); caudal fin base with a vertical spot, proceeded by a more rounded spot; the lower caudal-fin rays with an elongate dark streak; no wavy verticallines crossing caudal fin. when alive, there is a narrow red line running down the lateral midline of the body (Ref. 107299).Description: the spinous dorsal may be filamentous in males, rarely in females (Ref. 37816); mainly translucent with broad red to brown, internal midlateral stripe from head to base of caudal fin; 3-5 white to yellowish spots posteroventrally above anal-fin base; base of caudal fin with diagnostic black hour-glass shaped mark (Ref. 90102).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 6 - 8
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Trophic Strategy

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Found over a wide range of habitats, including well-developed coral reef, dead coral covered with algae, rock, sand, and silt (Ref. 116739).
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Estelita Emily Capuli
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Biology

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Inhabits deep coastal slopes, subject to strong currents, on rubble reef to 30 meters depth (Ref. 48637). Collected from depths less than 1 to at least 30 m.
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Depth range

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0–22 m

Reference

Greenfield, D. W.; Randall, J. E. (2016). A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Zenodo.

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Distribution

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Recorded from Indonesia, Philippines, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), through Micronesia (Palau, Federated States of Micronesia [Pohnpei], Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, and Phoenix and Line Islands), into Melanesia (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and New Caledonia) and south to Australia (the Great Barrier Reef). In Fiji, more common around Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, not taken in the S.E. Lau Group. Taken over a wide range of habitats from well-developed coral reefs to rock, sand and silt, and dead coral with algae. Widely distributed throughout the islands.

Reference

Greenfield, D. W.; Randall, J. E. (2016). A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Zenodo.

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