GOBIIDAE Eviota mikiae, 1.5 cm SL (photo by Richard Winterbottom) Eviota mikiae (photo by Mark Strickland) Eviota mikiae Allen, 2001 Yellow and White-striped Pygmygoby D VI + I, 9; A I, 8; P1 16-17; LR 22-25; PDS 0. Body relatively short, compressed. Head slightly compressed; jaws subequal; gill opening not reaching anteriorly to a vertical through preopercular margin. 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: when alive, head and body subtranslucent, tinged with reddish pink; a bright yellow line from snout through upper part of eye to caudal peduncle, as well as similarcolored short mid-dorsal line from interorbital to occipital regions; ventral surface of head white; anterior nostril black; small dusky blotch at posteroventral corner of caudal peduncle. Size: 1.9 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs.