Species: Tigrigobius saucrus, Leopard Goby

Tigrigobius saucrus (Robins, 1960)
Leopard Goby
Elongate; head rounded; snout short; groove between upper jaw and snout; tongue straight edged; teeth in upper and lower jaw with several rows at front, outer row enlarger, large canines present in both jaws; front nostril well developed tube; rear nostril a raised rim only; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII + I, 10; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 9 (8-9); pectoral fins 16 (15-17); pelvic fins I,5, disk complete; tail rounded; V patch of 4 rows scales (4,3,2,1) on tail base, 4 large rough scales on tail fin base; no lateral line.
Translucent; head with brown blotches on opercle, two brown bars under eye; side of belly with 2 large square brown blotches bordered in a cream figure 8-shaped mark; row of prominent dark spots along each side on top of body, from eyes to tail fin, another row along lower part of tail base; spinal column with alternating cream & black dashes.
Reaches: 1.6 cm.
Habitat: Found on live coral heads.
Depth: 1-30 m.
The Bahamas to the S Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Corallivore
- Data
- Omnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Hard corals
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 1.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 30