Published December 4, 2025 | Version v1
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Eviota bikiniensis, a new dwarfgoby from Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

  • 1. California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118-4503 ,USA
  • 2. Thrive Conservation, Jl. Subak Sari 13, Tibubeneng, Bali 80361 Indonesia

Description

A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota bikiniensis, is described from Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, an archipelago in the northwestern tropical Pacific Ocean. The new species is distinguished by lacking all cephalic sensory-canal pores and having thickened unbranched pectoral-fin rays, no fifth pelvic-fin ray, a dorsal/anal-fin formula of 8/7, and a distinctive, blue-white, elongated first dorsal-fin spine on the male unique holotype.

 

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