GOBIIDAE


Eviota sigillata, 1.3 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Eviota sigillata
Jewett and Lachner, 1983
Seven-figure Pygmygoby

D VI + I, 8-10 (usually VI+I, 9); A I, 7-8; 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; anterior naris tube red or dusky; seven narrow oblique dusky bars on ventral half of tail; small dusky spots at dorsal and ventral corners of caudal-fin base. Size: 3.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs.