Species: Tigrigobius harveyi, Cayman greenbanded goby
Tigrigobius harveyi Victor, 2014
Cayman greenbanded goby
Elongate, robust; head compressed; a pore midway between front of the two eyes; 2 pores on preopercle; snout pointed, profile straight; teeth in upper jaw in 5-7 rows of small densely packed teeth, outer enlarged and widely spaced, large canines present; teeth in lower jaw in 5-7 rows of small densely packed teeth, several larger canines in median outer row; 2 very large canines along inner rear row; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (1st spine filamentous) + I, 10-11; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 9; pectoral fins 20-22; pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Head pale tan, with a broad red stripe from eye to rear margin of head, that ending in a short orange segment followed by a short blackish segment; body dark green, with 25 (20-28) thin pale green bars.
Reaches: 2.6 cm.
Habitat: lives in association with urchins in coral reef areas.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Known only from the Cayman Is.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- 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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- 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
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Endangered
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
