title: Eviota nigramembrana, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
abstract: Eviota nigramembrana is described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and also recorded from the Philippine Islands. It belongs to the cephalic sensory-pore system pattern group I (complete), has a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 8/8, 5th pelvic-fin ray absent, some lower pectoral-fin rays branched, five dark internal bands between anal-fin origin and caudal fin, no distinct marking on pectoral-fin base, dark internal rectangular mark above midline of ural centrum, a light spinous dorsal fin, and black pigment on the opercular membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4599, USA. greenfie@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*