Species: Tigrigobius rubrigenis, Redcheek goby
cheek with red stripe
Tigrigobius rubrigenis Victor, 2010
Redcheek goby
Elongate, robust; head compressed; a pore midway between front of the two eyes; 2 pores on preopercle; snout pointed, profile straight; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (1st spine filamentous) + I, 10 (rarely 9); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 9 (rarely 8); pectoral fins 20 (20-22); pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Head pale tan, with a broad red to brownish red stripe from top lip through eye to rear margin of head, that ending in a short orange segment followed by a short blackish segment; a second red stripe across cheek from rear of mouth to middle of pectoral base; body dark green, with 23-26 narrow, pale bright green bars.
Reaches at least 2.4 cm.
Habitat: lives in association with urchins in coral reef areas.
Depth: 0-1 m.
NW Caribbean.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sea Urchins
- Reef only
- Corals
- 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
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1
