Eviota prasites

Hairfin Eviota | Hairfin Pygmygoby | Prasites Pygmygoby | Red And White-spotted Pygmygoby

Eviota prasites, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith

Eviota prasites, Mellish Reef, Coral Sea, Photo: Graham Edgar

Eviota prasites, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith

Eviota prasites, Northern Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green

Eviota prasites, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green

Eviota prasites, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith

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Similar Species

Same Genus

Eviota sp. [atriventris]

Eviota sp. [cf hosei]

Eviota sp. [cf nigriventris]

Eviota sp. [green]

Eviota sp. [guttata cf]

Eviota sp. [melasma]

Eviota sp. [nigriventris]

Eviota sp. [punctulata]

Eviota sp. [red eyes]

Eviota sp. [sigillata]

Eviota sp. [Snowflake]

Eviota sp. [storthynx gold shield]

Eviota sp. [trans white & red streaks]

Eviota sp. [translucent]

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific

Description

Translucent body, red stripe along spine with dashes along upper margin and white blotches along underside. Additional row of white spots over belly only. Almost indistinguishable from E. spilota (Shoulderspot Eviota) which has a dark spot above the pectoral fin base.

Information

Max Size: 3 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 22.9-31.2°C

Depth: 1-30m

Habitat Generalization Index: 2.53

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.

Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Common (32.0% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (5 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.

Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland

Further Information

Atlas of Living Australia IUCN Red List FishBase