Eviota sigillata

Eviota sigillata
Scientific classification
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]

References

  1. ↑ Greenfield, D.; Larson, H. & Williams, J.T. (2016). "Eviota sigillata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T193078A2192156. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/7276
  3. ↑ Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research.
  4. 1 2 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.

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