''Eviota albolineata'', commonly called spotted fringefin goby or whitelined eviota among various other vernacular names, is a

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of marine

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in the

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. This species is restricted to the

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and

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, records elsewhere are thought to refer to misidentifications of '' Eviota guttata'', a very similar species to ''E. albolineata''. The spotted fringefin goby is a small sized fish, it can grow up to a size from 19 and length.

References

Taxa named by Susan L. Jewett Taxa named by Ernest A. Lachner Fish described in 1983 albolineata {{Gobiidae-stub