Cryptic diversity of Eviota (Teleostei: Gobiidae) and their habitat use in the shallow waters of Okinawa Island

• Published in: Marine biodiversity Vol. 53; no. 5; p. 61
• Main Author: Hanahara, Nozomi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Coral reefs; Cryptic species; Eviota; Fish; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Gobiidae; Habitat selection; Habitat utilization; Habitats; Life Sciences; Low tide; Marine fish; Marine fishes; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Original Paper; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Physical characteristics; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Segregation; Shallow water; Speciation; Species diversity; Tidal flats; Topography; Japan; Okinawa; Molecular Operational Taxonomic Unit; Cryptobenthic fish; Mitochondrial; Gobioidei; Speciation

Eviota , known as dwarf gobies, is a diverse genus of marine fishes comprising more than 120 species found throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Previous studies have suggested that morphologically similar cryptic species of Eviota may exist and that the species diversity may be significantly underesti...