Akihito futuna Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2008
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Akihito futuna, the Futuna's emperor, is a species of fish in the family Oxudercidae, the gobies. It is endemic to the island of Futuna in Vanuatu, where it inhabits the many streams present there. Males of this species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) SL, while females can reach 2.9 centimetres (1.1 in) SL.
The type locality of Akihito futuna is the island of Futuna; it has not been found in any other location. Akihito vanuatu, the species first described in 2007 which inhabits the broader Vanuatu area, is similar to A. futuna morphologically; however, A. futuna is distinguished by having lower scale counts and fewer teeth than A. vanuatu. A. futuna females additionally have more canine-like premaxillary teeth; the species shows pronounced sexual dimorphism.
Wikipedia contributors, Akihito futuna; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:57:37.669612+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Akihito futuna Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2008
- Name authority
- Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2008
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Akihito
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilySicydiinae Gill, 1860
- genusAkihito Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007
- speciesAkihito futuna Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2008
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Akihito. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Akihito vanuatu Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Keith, P., Marquet, G., & Watson, R. E. (2008). Akihito futuna, a new species of freshwater goby from the South Pacific (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). Cybium, 31. 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:66779. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.