Species: Tigrigobius redimiculus, Ribbon goby
body: 13 thin greenish bars
Tigrigobius redimiculus Taylor & Akins, 2007
Ribbon goby
Elongate; head compressed; top lip separated from snout by a groove; tongue notched; teeth are conical, arranged in a single row, males with recurved canines; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (male with elongate 1st spine) + I, 10; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8-9; pectoral fins 17; pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; body naked except for 4 very rough scales on tail fin base; no lateral line.
Translucent straw color; head pinkish, with reddish blotches and lines, 2 thin red-orange bars across nape, rear bar extending down onto pectoral base; 13 thin greenish-tan bars (with much wider clear interspaces) on body and tail base; internal elongate black blotches separated by white dashes along vertebral column; two large black blotches on white belly.
Reaches: 1.9 cm.
Habitat: found on algae encrusted coral remnants.
Depth: 3-16 m.
SW Gulf of Mexico.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- GC endemic
- Gulf of Mexico endemic
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 1.9
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 16
