adorned dwarfgoby

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Eviota sigillata, commonly called seven-figure pygmy goby or adorned dwarfgoby, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae. They are widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, from the Seychelles to the Micronesia.

It inhabits reef habitats at depths from 3 to 20 m (9.8–65.6 ft). This species has the shortest lifespan for a vertebrate, living for at most 59 days. About three weeks are as pelagic larvae, two weeks settling on the reef and three weeks as adults.

This pygmy goby can reach a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in).

Wikipedia contributors, Eviota sigillata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:38:17.844366+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name

Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983

Name authority

Jewett & Lachner, 1983

Common name

adorned dwarfgoby

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Gobiiformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Eviota

Extinction status

Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderGobiiformes
11. familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
12. subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
13. genusEviota Jenkins, 1903
14. speciesEviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eviota. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 1,603 records assigned to Gobiidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Jewett, S. L., & Lachner, E. A. (1983). Seven new species of the Indo-Pacific genus Eviota (Pisces: Gobiidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 96. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3DHNV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.