Eviota nigrispinna is a new species of reef goby fish described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. This small goby was previously known as ‘Eviota sp. 2’ and was known from just a handful of photographs of the species in it’s natural environment. Eviota nigrispinna is distinguished by a distinct black stripe running along the backbone, a clearish body and a thin yellow line extending from the eye to the midsection. E. nigrispinna was described in the October issue of ZooTaxa by David Greenfield and Toshiyuki Suzuki. Since the new Eviota species is so far only known from Japan we don’t expect to see this species in the trade anytime soon, but there’s a slew of nano reef gobies still waiting to be discovered. One more shot after the break.
Eviota sp. 2 is officially described as Eviota nigrispinna
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Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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