Eviota queenslandica (Photo: WA Museum)

Queensland Dwarfgoby

Eviota queenslandica

Semi-translucent greyish in colour with intense dark spots on head and bars along body. Tiny, to only 2.5cm length.

Morphology

Dorsal fin with 7 spines and 8-10 soft rays; Anal fin with 1 spine and 7-9 soft rays; 23-25 ctenoid scale rows along body.

Evolution

Highly diverse genus (> 65 spp), possibly mediated by rapid niche partitioning and high resilience to extinction as well as allopatric speciation.

Behaviour

Benthic and diurnal. Hides among rubble.

Method of reproduction

Nest guarding by males. Pelagic Larval Duration is very long - around 40% of maximum lifespan, compared with < 1% in most reef fishes.

Habitat

Marine

Marine. Rubble and algal-covered reef to 6 m deep

Distribution

Thailand to Vanuatu, Taiwan and Australia.

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
Species: queenslandica
Name Published Year: 1932
Rank: species
Scientific Name Authorship: Whitley
Commercial Impact: 

None

Conservation Assessment: Least Concern

Net Conservation Benefits Fund

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References

Allen, G.R. (1997). Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth, Western Australia: Western Australian Museum.

Tornabene, L., Ahmadia, G. N., Berumen, M. L., Smith, D. J., Jompa, J., & Pezold, F. (2013). Evolution of microhabitat association and morphology in a diverse group of cryptobenthic coral reef fishes (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 66(1), 391-400.

Tornabene, L., Valdez, S., Erdmann, M., & Pezold, F. (2015). Support for a ‘Center of Origin’ in the Coral Triangle: Cryptic diversity, recent speciation, and local endemism in a diverse lineage of reef fishes (Gobiidae: Eviota). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 82, 200-210. 

Williams, J.T., Greenfield, D. & Larson, H. 2016. Eviota queenslandica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T193025A2185790. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193025A2185790.en