title: Eviota piperata, a new gobiid species from Palau (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
abstract: A new species of dwarfgoby, Eviota piperata is described from Palau. It belongs to the cephalic sensory-pore system Group II (lacking only the IT pore); has a dorsal/anal-fin formula of 8/8; has some pectoral-fin rays branched; no dark spot over the ural centrum; the male genital papilla is not fimbriate; and the cheek and body are heavily peppered with chromatophores.
authors.affiliation: Research Associate, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4503, and Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii. Mailing address: 944 Egan Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.; Email: greenfie@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.affiliation: Curator Emeritus, Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6; and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1.; Email: rickw@rom.on.ca.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winterbottom
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D019029:Palau; D013045:Species Specificity