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Eviota
Sign in to saveEviota is a genus of fishes in the family Gobiidae. Species of the genus are commonly known as dwarfgobies and found in the Indo-Pacific region from Japan to Australia and from Africa to Pitcairn Island. Species of the genus Eviota are mainly associated with coral reefs. Many of these fish are short-lived, with life cycles as brief as 3.5 weeks in the tropics. Some species are hermaphrodites and some representatives live symbiotically among the tentacles of the mushroom coral.
Species
dwarfgobies
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGobiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,970
- With media
- 110
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Collections
- LSUMZ, USNM
- Recorded in
- Northern Mariana Islands, Indonesia, Vanuatu, United States, Australia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Wallis And Futuna
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- taxon name
- Eviota
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- Category:Eviota
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Eviota is a genus of fishes in the family Gobiidae. Species of the genus are commonly known as dwarfgobies and found in the Indo-Pacific region from Japan to Australia and from Africa to Pitcairn Island. Species of the genus Eviota are mainly associated with coral reefs. Many of these fish are short-lived, with life cycles as brief as 3.5 weeks in the tropics. Some species are hermaphrodites and some representatives live symbiotically among the tentacles of the mushroom coral.
==Species== The following species are recognized in the genus Eviota:
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