Eviota sigillata

Species of fish

Eviota sigillata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
Species:
E. sigillata
Binomial name
Eviota sigillata
S. L. Jewett & Lachner, 1983

Eviota sigillata, commonly called seven-figure pygmy goby or adorned dwarfgoby, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae. They are widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, from the Seychelles to the Micronesia.[2]

It inhabits reef habitats at depths from 3 to 20 m (9.8–65.6 ft).[3] This species has the shortest lifespan for a vertebrate, living for at most 59 days.[4] About three weeks are as pelagic larvae, two weeks settling on the reef and three weeks as adults.[4]

This pygmy goby can reach a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in).[5]

See also

  • fish portal

References

  1. ^ Greenfield, D.; Larson, H. & Williams, J.T. (2016). "Eviota sigillata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T193078A2192156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193078A2192156.en.
  2. ^ "Eviota sigillata, Adorned dwarfgoby".
  3. ^ Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: University of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research.
  4. ^ a b Le Page, M., 2005. Reef fish lives fastest, dies youngest. New Scientist 25 April 2005 (NewScientist.com).
  5. ^ Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893.
  • "Eviota sigillata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
  • Depczynski M, Bellwood DR (2005) Shortest recorded vertebrate lifespan found in a coral reef fish. Current Biology Vol 15 (8): R288-R289.
  • Fish is shortest-lived vertebrate
  • http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219453
  • Photos of Eviota sigillata on Sealife Collection
Taxon identifiers
Eviota sigillata


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