Dr. Toshiyuki Suzuki, Japan
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$alt is only known from the Ryūkyū Islands in the East China Sea, which belong to Japan, and is therefore considered an endemic species.
This Eviota species lives in a reef area of a river estuary, where it can be found in crevices and between oyster shells.
Trimma and Eviota dwarf gobies are rewarding to keep and interesting to observe in an aquarium without larger and hectic tankmates.
Unfortunately, this species is now highly endangered, as a hotel resort has been built in the neighboring areas, and there are serious concerns about the pollution of the groundwater by this resort.
A large amount of nitrogen has already been detected in the groundwater, and there has been a decline in mussels in the inner bay and an increase in skin diseases and parasites in fish (Ministry of the Environment Japan 2015).
So the real question is how long the goby can withstand these significant impacts.....
We would like to thank Toshiyuki Suzuki, Japan, who described the species in 2005 and kindly provided us with one of his photos.
This Eviota species lives in a reef area of a river estuary, where it can be found in crevices and between oyster shells.
Trimma and Eviota dwarf gobies are rewarding to keep and interesting to observe in an aquarium without larger and hectic tankmates.
Unfortunately, this species is now highly endangered, as a hotel resort has been built in the neighboring areas, and there are serious concerns about the pollution of the groundwater by this resort.
A large amount of nitrogen has already been detected in the groundwater, and there has been a decline in mussels in the inner bay and an increase in skin diseases and parasites in fish (Ministry of the Environment Japan 2015).
So the real question is how long the goby can withstand these significant impacts.....
We would like to thank Toshiyuki Suzuki, Japan, who described the species in 2005 and kindly provided us with one of his photos.
