Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Eviota (Genus)

Gobie pygmée de Sebree, Sebree's dwarfgoby, Sebree's pygmy goby, Striped Eviota, Striped pygmygoby, Sebree's pygmy-goby, Sebree's dwarfgoby, Kurosujiisohaze, クロスジイソハゼ, 希氏矶塘鳢,

Synonymes
Eviota seebreei (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Eviota seebrei (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8-9; Pectoral fin rays: 16, none branched; Longitudinal scale series: 23-24; Body depth: 5.5-6.3 in SL. Body relatively short, compressed. Head slightly compressed; Jaws subequal; Gill opening not reaching anteriorly to a vertical through preopercular margin. Frenum absent. Ctenoid scales, absent on head, nape, breast and pectoral fin base; Separated pelvic fins, thin membrane joining base. Sensory canals and pores present on head; Reduced longitudinal pattern of sensory-papillae rows on cheek; A pair of sensory papillae just behind chin. Max. length: 2.5 cm SL. Depth range: 1 - 20 m.

Color
Semi-translucent body with a prominent black mid-lateral stripe extending from snout to caudal peduncle; Presence of distinctive row of white marks on upper part of dark stripe with few white spots below; Caudal fin base with pale-edged black spot.

Etymology
Eviota: from Greek prefix, ev-, eu-, = good or well, very + from Greek letter, iota = smallest letter in the Greek alphabet and often figuratively used to describe anything small or insignificant. Referring to Eviota epiphanes (Jenkins, 1903), which, at 1.0-1.9 cm in length, Jenkins claimed was the “smallest vertebrate that has up to this time been described”.
sebreei: in honor of Capt. Uriel Sebree (1848-1922), U.S. Navy, commandant at the U.S. Naval Station Tutuila (American Samoa), and through whom the gunboat Wheeling and its equipment were placed at the authors’ disposal.
Original description: Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale 1906 - Type locality: Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa.

Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.