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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) >
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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: erdmanni: Named for Dr. Mark V. Erdmann; noun in genitive case.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 3 m (Ref. 108968). Tropical, preferred ?
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 108968)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 7;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: males with a cup-like urogenital papilla; cephalic sensory-canal pore system only without the IT pore (pattern 2); some pectoral-fin rays are branched; dorsal/anal fin-ray formula 9/8; preural centrum with a dark spot; absence of a wedge-shaped dark spot at caudal-fin base; pectoral-fin base without the prominent dark distinct spots; when alive, with four obscure postanal subcutaneous bars, some broken, none completely vertical, the first 3 extending dorsally just above lateral midline, the last falling just short of lateral midline; 2 distinctive white (yellow in life) areas, one behind eye above operculum and the other on upper two-thirds of pectoral-fin base; when preserved the dorsal and anal fins are black, caudal fin dusky (Ref. 108968).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Tornabene, L. and D.W. Greenfield, 2016. Eviota erdmanni (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new dwarfgoby from the Savu sea, Flores, Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 22:1-9. (Ref. 108968)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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