Eviota hoesei

Dougs Eviota | Doug's Eviota
Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei
Eviota hoesei

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Large black spot on tail base and 2 distinct dark spots on pectoral fin base, sometimes with additional smaller spots around these. Body may be green, red or brown, and broken by narrow white bars. Distinguishing from very similar E. distigma (Twospot Eviota) in the field problematic.


Information

Max Size: 2 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 18.7-24.9°C

Depth: 0-25 m

Habitat Generalization Index: 2.11

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: Frequent (17.1% 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: Many (22 per transect)

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


Edit by: Joe Shields