{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021","RecordModifiedOn":"2025-04-24","CAAB_code":"37428118","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Tornabene et al 2021 reviewed the <i>Eviota zebrina</i> complex describing 4 new species, including <i>Eviota oculineata</i>, which they noted was \"currently known only from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, but likely occurs in Fiji and the Banda Sea, Indonesia, and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, based on live photographs as well as specimens previously identified as <i>E. cometa</i> that possess 8/7 counts in the dorsal/anal fins\". The true <i>Eviota cometa</i> is restricted to Fiji & Tonga. Name updated based on Doug Hoese pers. comm. 16 April 2025","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37428932,"scientificName":"Eviota oculineata","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Perciformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Tornabene, L., Greenfield, D.W. & M.V. Erdmann, 2021. A review of the <i>Eviota zebrina</i> complex, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Gobiidae). , <i>ZooKeys</i>, Vol. 1057: 149-184. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3897&#x25;2Fzookeys.1057.66675\">doi:10.3897&#x25;2Fzookeys.1057.66675</a>","vernacularName":"Comet Eviota","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278583","family":"Gobiidae","standardName":"Comet Eviota (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e874673c-3843-46b0-96a5-0fb0406edc9e","CAAB_status":"Valid"}