Miners’ Dwarfgoby
Sueviota minersorum Greenfield, Erdmann & Utama, 2019
Also calledGóbio-anão-de-Miner (por) · Kadomoriawaseisohaze (jpn) · カドモリアワイソハゼ (jpn) · カドモリアワセイソハゼ (jpn)
First described in: Greenfield, D. W.; Erdmann, M. V.; Utama, I. V. (2019). Sueviota minersorum, a new species of sponge-dwelling goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. <em>Zenodo.</em>
Sueviota minersorum, commonly known as the Miner's dwarfgoby, is a species of small, cryptic fish in the family Gobiidae. This species was described in 2019 by David W. Greenfield, Mark V. Erdmann, and Ilham Vemandra Utama.
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What it does
Social Structure: They benefit from social interactions within their species and are best kept in groups of at least 5 to 6 individuals.
In human culture
The species name "minersorum" is in honor of Andrew and Marit Miners, who founded the Misool EcoResort in Raja Ampat Islands and have been instrumental in conservation and sustainable economic development in the region.
== References ==
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Sueviota minersorum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10767896.