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Eviota ancora Greenfield & Suzuki, 2011

Hookcheek dwarfgoby
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from underwater photographs (Ref. 113727). Also Ref. 121724.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Greenfield, D.W. and R. Winterbottom, 2016
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hookcheek pygmygoby, Bonbori-Isohaze, ... more

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.;  ancora: Name from the Latin 'ancora' meaning hooked; referring to the distinctive orange hook-shaped marking on the side of the head; an adjective..
  More on authors: Greenfield & Suzuki.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 6 - 14 m (Ref. 86696).   Subtropical

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