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Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki, 2012

Blackbelly dwarfgoby
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Australia country information

Common names: Neon Eviota
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Mermaid Reef, WA and Lizard I. to One Tree I., QLD (Ref. 75154).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Greenfield, D.W. and T. Suzuki, 2012
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Eviota: No etymology given, suggested by Christopher Scharpt: from Latin 'eu' for 'true' and 'iota' for anything very small, in combination 'truly very small' referring to it as being the smallest vertebrate at the time it has benn described by Jenkins (thus, making the suggestion by Scharpt plausible.;  atriventris: The specific epithet is an adjective combining the Latin atrus (black) and venter (belly), referring to the black pigment in the area of the abdomen (Ref. 89418).
  More on authors: Greenfield & Suzuki.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 20 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 31°N - 24°S, 116°E - 154°E

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