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Eviota Jenkins, 1903

205965  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205965)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Gobiiformes (Order)
  11. Gobiidae (Family)
  12. Gobiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Eviota (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Eviotops Smith, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  2. Species Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale, 1906
  3. Species Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  4. Species Eviota algida Greenfield & Algida, 2014
  5. Species Eviota amamiko Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura, 2019
  6. Species Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020
  7. Species Eviota ancora Greenfield & Suzuki, 2011
  8. Species Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020
  9. Species Eviota aquila Greenfield & Jewett, 2014
  10. Species Eviota asymbasia Greenfield & Jewett, 2016
  11. Species Eviota atauroensis Greenfield, Erdmann & Tornabene, 2023
  12. Species Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki, 2012
  13. Species Eviota bacata Greenfield, Erdmann & Teitelbaum, 2024
  14. Species Eviota bella Greenfield, Erdmann & Ishida, 2025
  15. Species Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  16. Species Eviota bikiniensis Erdmann, Greenfield & Ichida, 2025
  17. Species Eviota bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki, 2016
  18. Species Eviota bimaculata Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  19. Species Eviota bipunctata Greenfield & Jewett, 2016
  20. Species Eviota brahmi Greenfield & Tornabene, 2014
  21. Species Eviota cometa Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  22. Species Eviota dalyi Greenfield & Gordon, 2019
  23. Species Eviota deminuta Tornabene, Ahmadia & Williams, 2013
  24. Species Eviota disrupta Karnella & Lachner, 1981
  25. Species Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale, 1906
  26. Species Eviota dorsimaculata Tornabene, Ahmadia & Williams, 2013
  27. Species Eviota dorsogilva Greenfield & Randall, 2011
  28. Species Eviota dorsopurpurea Greenfield & Randall, 2011
  29. Species Eviota epiphanes Jenkins, 1903
  30. Species Eviota epistigmata Greenfield & Jewett, 2014
  31. Species Eviota erdmanni Tornabene & Greenfield, 2016
  32. Species Eviota eyreae Greenfield & Randall, 2016
  33. Species Eviota fallax Greenfield & Allen, 2012
  34. Species Eviota fasciola Karnella & Lachner, 1981
  35. Species Eviota filamentosa Suzuki & Greenfield, 2014
  36. Species Eviota flaviarma Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021
  37. Species Eviota flavipinnata Suzuki, Greenfield & Motomura, 2015
  38. Species Eviota flebilis Greenfield, Suzuki & Shibukawa, 2014
  39. Species Eviota fluctiphila Greenfield, Erdmann & Mambrasar, 2022
  40. Species Eviota geminata Greenfield & Bogorodsky, 2014
  41. Species Eviota gunawanae Greenfield, Tornabene & Erdmann in Greenfield, Tornabene, Erdmann & Pada, 2019
  42. Species Eviota guttata Lachner & Karnella, 1978
  43. Species Eviota herrei Jordan & Seale, 1906
  44. Species Eviota hinanoae Tornabene, Ahmadia & Williams, 2013
  45. Species Eviota hoesei Gill & Jewett, 2004
  46. Species Eviota imitata Greenfield, Tornabene & Erdmann, 2017
  47. Species Eviota indica Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  48. Species Eviota infulata (Smith, 1957)
  49. Species Eviota inutilis Whitley, 1943
  50. Species Eviota irrasa Karnella & Lachner, 1981
  51. Species Eviota japonica Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  52. Species Eviota jewettae Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2012
  53. Species Eviota karaspila Greenfield & Randall, 2010
  54. Species Eviota kermadecensis Hoese & Stewart, 2012
  55. Species Eviota korechika Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2005
  56. Species Eviota lachdeberei Giltay, 1933
  57. Species Eviota lacrimae Sunobe, 1988
  58. Species Eviota lacrimosa Tornabene, Ahmadia & Williams, 2013
  59. Species Eviota lateritea Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2016
  60. Species Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  61. Species Eviota lentiginosa Greenfield & Randall, 2017
  62. Species Eviota longirostris Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021
  63. Species Eviota maculibotella Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2016
  64. Species Eviota maculosa Greenfield, Tornabene & Erdmann in Greenfield, Tornabene, Gomez-Buckley & Erdmann, 2018
  65. Species Eviota marerubrum Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021
  66. Species Eviota marteynae Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020
  67. Species Eviota masudai Matsuura & Senou, 2006
  68. Species Eviota melanosphena Greenfield & Jewett, 2016
  69. Species Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  70. Species Eviota mikiae Allen, 2001
  71. Species Eviota mimica Greenfield & Randall, 2016
  72. Species Eviota minuta Greenfield & Jewett, 2014
  73. Species Eviota monostigma Fourmanoir, 1971
  74. Species Eviota natalis Allen, 2007
  75. Species Eviota nebulosa Smith, 1958
  76. Species Eviota nigramembrana Greenfield & Suzuki, 2013
  77. Species Eviota nigripinna Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  78. Species Eviota nigrispina Greenfield & Suzuki, 2010
  79. Species Eviota nigriventris Giltay, 1933
  80. Species Eviota notata Greenfield & Jewett, 2012
  81. Species Eviota occasa Greenfield, Winterbottom & Suzuki, 2014
  82. Species Eviota ocellifer Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2005
  83. Species Eviota oculineata Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021
  84. Species Eviota oculopiperita Greenfield & Bogorodsky, 2014
  85. Species Eviota pamae Allen, Brooks & Erdmann, 2013
  86. Species Eviota pardalota Lachner & Karnella, 1978
  87. Species Eviota partimacula Randall, 2008
  88. Species Eviota pellucida Larson, 1976
  89. Species Eviota perspicilla Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura, 2019
  90. Species Eviota pictifacies Greenfield & Erdmann, 2017
  91. Species Eviota pinocchioi Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2012
  92. Species Eviota piperata Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2014
  93. Species Eviota prasina (Klunzinger, 1871)
  94. Species Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale, 1906
  95. Species Eviota pseudaprica Winterbottom & Greenfield, 2020
  96. Species Eviota pseudostigma Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  97. Species Eviota pseudozebrina Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021
  98. Species Eviota punctulata Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  99. Species Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez, Erdmann & Pezold, 2016
  100. Species Eviota queenslandica Whitley, 1932
  101. Species Eviota raja Allen, 2001
  102. Species Eviota randalli Greenfield, 2009
  103. Species Eviota readerae Gill & Jewett, 2004
  104. Species Eviota richardi Greenfield & Randall, 2016
  105. Species Eviota rubra Greenfield & Randall, 1999
  106. Species Eviota rubriceps Greenfield & Jewett, 2011
  107. Species Eviota rubriguttata Greenfield & Suzuki, 2011
  108. Species Eviota rubrimaculata Suzuki, Greenfield & Motomura, 2015
  109. Species Eviota rubrisparsa Greenfield & Randall, 2010
  110. Species Eviota saipanensis Fowler, 1945
  111. Species Eviota samota Greenfield, Erdmann & Putra, 2025
  112. Species Eviota santanai Greenfield & Erdmann, 2013
  113. Species Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906
  114. Species Eviota shibukawai Suzuki & Greenfield, 2014
  115. Species Eviota shimadai Greenfield & Randall, 2010
  116. Species Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  117. Species Eviota singula Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2016
  118. Species Eviota smaragdus Jordan & Seale, 1906
  119. Species Eviota sodwanaensis Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2016
  120. Species Eviota sparsa Jewett & Lachner, 1983
  121. Species Eviota specca Greenfield, Suzuki & Shibukawa, 2014
  122. Species Eviota spilota Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  123. Species Eviota springeri Greenfield & Jewett, 2012
  124. Species Eviota storthynx (Rofen, 1959)
  125. Species Eviota susanae Greenfield & Randall, 1999
  126. Species Eviota taeiae Erdmann, Greenfield & Tornabene, 2023
  127. Species Eviota teresae Greenfield & Randall, 2016
  128. Species Eviota tetha Greenfield & Erdmann, 2014
  129. Species Eviota thamani Greenfield & Randall, 2016
  130. Species Eviota tigrina Greenfield & Randall, 2008
  131. Species Eviota toshiyuki Greenfield & Randall, 2010
  132. Species Eviota vader Greenfield, Erdmann, Ichida & Ichida, 2025
  133. Species Eviota variola Lachner & Karnella, 1980
  134. Species Eviota winterbottomi Greenfield & Randall, 2010
  135. Species Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella, 1978
  136. Species Eviota zonura Jordan & Seale, 1906
  137. Species Eviota afeli Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale, 1906 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  138. Species Eviota caesiura (Jordan & Seale, 1906) accepted as Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  139. Species Eviota corneliae Fricke, 1998 accepted as Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz, 1943) (synonym)
  140. Species Eviota grammistes Tomiyama, 1936 accepted as Trimma grammistes (Tomiyama, 1936)
  141. Species Eviota gueenslandica Whitley, 1932 accepted as Eviota queenslandica Whitley, 1932 (misspelling)
  142. Species Eviota gymnocephalus Weber, 1913 accepted as Eviota zonura Jordan & Seale, 1906
  143. Species Eviota lachbrederi Giltay, 1933 accepted as Eviota lachdeberei Giltay, 1933 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  144. Species Eviota latifasciatus Jewett & Lachner, 1983 accepted as Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 (misspelling)
  145. Species Eviota macrophthalma Tomiyama, 1936 accepted as Trimma macrophthalmum (Tomiyama, 1936)
  146. Species Eviota macrophthalmus Tomiyama, 1936 accepted as Trimma macrophthalmum (Tomiyama, 1936) (misspelling)
  147. Species Eviota meteori (Klausewitz & Zander, 1967) accepted as Palutrus meteori (Klausewitz & Zander, 1967) (senior synonym)
  148. Species Eviota parasites Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale, 1906 (misspelling)
  149. Species Eviota pellucidus Larson, 1976 accepted as Eviota pellucida Larson, 1976 (misspelling)
  150. Species Eviota personata Jordan & Thompson, 1905 accepted as Coryphopterus personatus (Jordan & Thompson, 1905)
  151. Species Eviota prasinia (Kluzinger, 1871) accepted as Eviota prasina (Klunzinger, 1871) (misspelling)
  152. Species Eviota pruinosa Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Palutrus pruinosa (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
  153. Species Eviota punctatulata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 accepted as Eviota punctulata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 (misspelling)
  154. Species Eviota readeri Gill & Jewett, 2004 accepted as Eviota readerae Gill & Jewett, 2004 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  155. Species Eviota seebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906 (misspelling)
  156. Species Eviota seebrei Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906 (misspelling)
  157. Species Eviota stigmapteron Smith, 1958 accepted as Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale, 1906
  158. Species Eviota verna Smith, 1958 accepted as Eviota prasina (Klunzinger, 1871)
  159. Species Eviota woolacottae Whitley, 1958 accepted as Fusigobius neophytus (Günther, 1877)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jenkins, O. P. (1903). Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 417-511, Pls. 1-4. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eviota Jenkins, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205965 on 2026-03-31
Date
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2016-11-18 09:27:46Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Jenkins, O. P. (1903). Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 22 (1902): 417-511, Pls. 1-4. [details] 

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Greenfield, D. W.; Randall, J. E. (2016). A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). <em>Zenodo.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.48268 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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English dwarfgobies  [details]
Japanese イソハゼ属  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eviota) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eviota USNM 379922 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eviota USNM 422926 photograph lateral view) 
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