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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; atauroensis: Named for its type locality, Atauro Island, Timor Leste.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2 m (Ref. 131302). Tropical
Western Pacific: Timor Leste.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 131302); 1.6 cm SL (female)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 8. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (pattern 2); dorsal/anal fin-ray formula 9/8; pectoral-fin rays 16, the 4 or 5 lower pectoral-fin rays branched; fifth pelvic-fin ray is rudimentary; male urogenital papilla cup-shaped. Colouration: pectoral-fin base with two distinct dark spots and no additional spot immediately ventral and anterior to pair; 5 dark postanal ventral spots; dark spot on caudal peduncle is centered above midline; first postocular spot a bar of scattered melanophores, second more rounded; (Ref. 131302).
Cross section: oval.
Collected from the shallow (0.5–2 m) surge zone, from medium-sized Porites coral bommies, where the individuals were seen resting on the dead coral tops of bommies that are exposed at the lowest tides; dead coral structure is subject to extensive bioerosion creating holes and cracks to shelter the gobies (Ref. 131302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Greenfield, D.W., M.V. Erdmann and L. Tornabene, 2023. Eviota atauroensis, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Timor-Leste. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 40:48-56. (Ref. 131302)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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