GOBIIDAE


Eviota sebreei, 1.6 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Eviota sebreei
Jordan and Seale, 1906
Sebree's Pygmygoby

D VI+I, 8-10 (usually VI+I, 9); A I, 8-9 (usually I, 8); P1 15-17; LR 23-24; PDS 0.

Body relatively short, compressed. Head slightly compressed; jaws subequal; gill opening not reaching anteriorly to a vertical through preopercular margin. Pelvic fins almost separated; frenum absent. Scales ctenoid; head, breast, and pectoral-fin base naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; reduced longitudinal pattern of sensory-papillae rows on cheek; a pair of sensory papillae just behind chin. Color: head and body subtranslucent with a longitudinal reddish or blackish stripe from snout through midlateral body to base of caudal fin; a series of bright white spots along dorsal margin of midlateral stripe on body; caudal fin with a distinct black basal spot at center. Size: 2.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs.