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Eviota

Eviota zebrina

Lachner & Karnella, 1978

Zebra Pygmy Goby

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, east to Taiwan and Japan, south to New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and the Great Barrier Reef.

Size: 1 inch (2 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal dead algae covered reefs and usually found at depths between 3– 100 feet (1 – 30 m) where it feeds upon benthic invertebrate/zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Perciformes

    Suborder: Gobioidei

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Eviota

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Eviota zebrina (Zebra Pygmy Goby)
Photo © John Randall
Eviota sparsa Eviota zonura
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