Eviota sigillata

Seven-figure pygmy goby
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
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.[1]

It inhabits reef habitats at depths of from 3 to 20 metres (66 ft).[2] This species has the shortest lifespan for a vertebrate, living for at most 59 days.[3]

This pygmy goby can reach a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in).[4]

References

  1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/7276
  2. 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.
  3. Le Page, M., 2005. Reef fish lives fastest, dies youngest. New Scientist 25 April 2005 (NewScientist.com).
  4. Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893.

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