| Eviota | |
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| Eviota albolineata | |
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| Eviota epiphanes | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Gobiiformes | 
| Family: | Gobiidae | 
| Genus: |  Eviota  O. P. Jenkins, 1903  | 
| Type species | |
| Eviota epiphanes O. P. Jenkins, 1903  | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eviota is a genus of fishes in the family Gobiidae. Species of the genus are commonly known as dwarfgobies and found in the Indo-Pacific region from Japan to Australia and from Africa to Pitcairn Island. [1] [2] Species of the genus Eviota are mainly associated with coral reefs. [2] Many of these fish are short-lived, with life cycles as brief as 3.5 weeks in the tropics. Some species are hermaphrodites and some representatives live symbiotically among the tentacles of the mushroom coral. [2] [3] [4]
The following species are recognized in the genus Eviota: [5]