Common names:
Minute dwarfgoby
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
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Comments:
Type locality, Negros Oriental, Maloh (a barangay in the municipality of Siaton), USNM 230090 (holotype of Eviota minuta, 1.29 cm SL, female). Also collected from Zamboanga del Norte, W. side Solino (Selinog) I. and Palawan Province, Putic I., N.W. side Cuyo Is. (Ref. 97536). Also Ref. 113727, 121724.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Greenfield, D.W. and S.L. Jewett, 2014
National Database:
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.; minuta:Named for its small size, from the Latin word 'minutus' for little or small..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 97536). Tropical
Distribution
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