Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of King Dwarfgoby (Eviota raja), recorded as Endangered
King Dwarfgoby (Eviota raja). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

King Dwarfgoby

Eviota raja

King Dwarfgoby is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes) — Eviota raja, recorded as Endangered and tied to Indonesia.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Eviota raja
Recorded from
Indonesia
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Gobiidae · Eviota

The goby

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

King Dwarfgoby is recorded from Indonesia.

The type locality — the place tied to the name-bearing specimen — is South side of Pef Island, 0°27.030'S, 130°26.444'E , off western end of Gam Island, Raja Ampat Islands, Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia, depth 8 meters.

GBIF currently lists 20 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

King Dwarfgoby is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from Wikidata item Q1829421 and GBIF occurrence geography. No dedicated encyclopedia article was available at build time. Family and order context is original writing about the group — not a claim that a monograph exists for this name. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Also in this catalog

Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii
Photograph of Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Quick answers

What is King Dwarfgoby?
King Dwarfgoby is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes) — Eviota raja.
What is the conservation status of King Dwarfgoby?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Eviota raja. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does King Dwarfgoby live?
The public record places it in Indonesia.
Why is King Dwarfgoby in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Eviota raja?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is King Dwarfgoby a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.