Seven-figure pygmy goby (Eviota sigillata)

Scientific name: Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983

Seven-figure pygmy goby (Eviota sigillata)

The Seven-figure pygmy goby (Eviota sigillata) is a marine fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Seychelles to the Great Barrier Reef and Micronesia, north to the Ogasawara Islands. Recently reported from Tonga.

Biology

The species lives for 59 days at the most, with larvae spending three weeks in the open ocean and maturing within two weeks of settling on a reef, leaving the adults (which are 1 to 2 centimeters long) just three weeks to reproduce. This strategy of 'live fast, die young' is perceived to be a response to intense predation. Daily mortality rate, from tag-recapture data, might be as high as 8%. Occurs at depths less than 4 to between 17 and 21 m on sandy bottoms of lagoon reefs. Minimum depth from.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Eviota sigillata
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
3.0
Depth range
0–17 m (0–56 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 17 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles to the Great Barrier Reef and Micronesia, north to the Ogasawara Islands. Recently reported from Tonga.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=0.16)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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