GOBIIDAE


Eviota spilota, 1.7 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Eviota spilota
Lachner and Karnella, 1980
Shoulder-spot Pygmygoby

D VI + I, 8-9 (usually VI+I, 9); A I, 7-8 (usually I, 7); P1 14-17; LR 22-23; PDS 0.

Body relatively short, compressed. Head slightly compressed; jaws subequal; gill opening not reaching anteriorly to a vertical through preopercular margin. All pectoral-fin rays unbranched; pelvic fins almost separated; frenum absent. Scales ctenoid; head, breast, and pectoral-fin base naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; reduced longitudinal pattern of sensory-papillae rows on cheek; a pair of sensory papillae just behind chin. Color: head and body subtranslucent, with some red stripes on head; viscera red; 5-6 subcutaneous bars on ventral half of tail. Size: 2.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs.