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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; flebilis:Name from Latin 'flebilis' meaning tearful, referring to the distinctive tear-like red line under the eye; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 8 m (Ref. 95167). Subtropical
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95167); 1.0 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsalspines (total): 7; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: cephalic sensory-pore system pattern 2 (lacking only IT pore); dorsal/anal fin-ray formula 8/7; unbranched pectoral-fin rays; fifth pelvic-fin ray 9.7-12.9% of 4th; caudal-fin base with a narrow dark bar; a red line reaching down from under eye to jaws; presence of 5 postanal ventral-midline spots
associated with subcutaneous bars; absence of black crescent-shaped marks underneath pectoral fin (Ref. 95167). Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Photographed or collected from lagoon, slope, and drop-off coral-reef habitats (Ref. 95167).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Greenfield, D.W., T. Suzuki and K. Shibukawa, 2014. Two new dwarfgobies of the genus Eviota from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3774(5):481-488. (Ref. 95167)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
