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  • head white + red marks
    belly white + 2 large, black edged red blotches
    spine: alternating red & white streaks
    Tigrigobius dilepis, Orangesided goby
    2 small rough scales on C base
  • dark, 8-9 dark bars behind pectoral
    D, C & A dark + weak bars
    Tigrigobius gemmatus, Frecklefin goby
    scales: tail base 10 rows, C base 4 v rough
  • 25 (20-28) green bars
    Tigrigobius harveyi, Cayman greenbanded goby
  • pale + narrow black bars - head 3, body ~13
    pectoral 17 (16-18)
    scales: tail base 2, C base 4 large
  • head tan, red stripe eye to rear head
    cheek - no red stripe
    body dark green + 15-21 green bars
    Tigrigobius multifasciatus, Greenbanded goby
    no scales
    Bahamas & E Caribbean
  • dark, 8-9 dark bars behind pectoral, bars Y shaped
    D, C & A not barred
    Tigrigobius pallens, Semiscaled goby
    scales: tail base 8-13 rows, C base - 4 v rough
  • head tan, red stripe eye to rear head
    cheek - no red stripe
    body dark green + 16-23 green bars
    Tigrigobius panamensis, Panamanian greenbanded goby
    SW Caribbean
  • head - pink + thin red bars
    body: 13 thin greenish bars
    belly white + 2 large black blotches
    4 v rough scales on C base
  • head tan, red stripe eye to rear head
    cheek with red stripe
    body dark green + 23-26 green bars
    Tigrigobius rubrigenis, Redcheek goby
    NW Caribbean
    no scales
  • translucent + brown leopard pattern
    belly: 2 large dark blotches on cream background
    Tigrigobius saucrus, Leopard goby
    scales: tail base: 4 rows in V, C base 4
  • head yellow + narrow black bars
    body blue + 13 broad black bars
    Tigrigobius zebrellus, Zebrette goby
    pectoral 18 (17-19)
    scales: tail base - patch 10-12; C base 4 large