Eviota bacata, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Caledonia

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota bacata n. sp., is described from New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. The new species is characterized by a cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (pattern 2); a dorsal/anal-fin formula of 7/7; pectoral-fin rays unbranched; the fifth pelvic-fin ray 20% of length of the fourth ray; the abdomen with black peritoneum clearly visible externally and with a yellow-white stripe along the dorsal portion and a row of distinctive round white spots on the ventral portion; and a vertically elongated black mark at the top of the pectoral-fin base. The species is most similar to Eviota atriventris.