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Eviota deminuta Tornabene, Ahmadia & Williams, 2013

Diminutive dwarfgoby
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French Polynesia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Widely distributed among the islands of the Archipelago (Ref. 113727).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Greenfield, D.W. and R. Winterbottom, 2016
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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.;  deminuta: Name from Latin adjective 'deminuta' meaning small, diminutive. Both scientific and common names refer to the tiny size and reduced morphology of this species; noun in apposition..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 2 - 41 m (Ref. 94084), usually 3 - 6 m (Ref. 94084).   Tropical

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