GOBIIDAE


Eviota queenslandica, 1.6 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Eviota queenslandica
Whitley, 1932
Queensland Pygmygoby

D VI + I, 8-10; A I, 7-9 (usually I, 8); P1 15-17; LR 23-25; 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 sensorypapillae rows on cheek; a pair of sensory papillae just behind chin. Color: head subtranslucent with several small reddish or blackish-brown spots; body subtransparent with dusky scale pockets; two dusky spots as large as pupil on base of pectoral fin; six dusky subcutaneous bars on ventral part of tail from anal-fin to caudal-fin base. Size: 2.5 cm SL. Distribution: Andaman Sea and West Pacific. Remarks: found on sandy or gravel bottoms with deadcoral rubbles.