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Species: Tigrigobius puncticulatus, Red-head goby

head - brilliant red stripe

flank: row ~ 8 dark blotches

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Tigrigobius puncticulatus (Ginsburg, 1938)

Red-head goby

Elongate; head rounded; upper lip connected to snout at front; a pore midway between front of the two eyes; 2 pores on preopercle; no teeth on roof of mouth; tongue with blunt tip; dorsal VII + I, 11 (10-12); anal rays I, 10 (9-10); pectoral rays 20-23; pelvic fins fused in a disc; tail rounded; scales absent from body, 2 large rough scales on tail fin base.

Head entirely red, or translucent with red from snout to behind eye on top of head, eye red, with red stripe behind eye that is bordered below with white; body translucent pale yellowish with about 8 internal black blotches or spots along middle of side and broad blackish internal stripe just above abdominal cavity.

Size: attains length of 4.6 cm.

Inhabits rocky reefs, frequently found with club urchins (Eucidaris thouarsi).

Depth: 1-21 m.

The central Gulf of California to northern Peru.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom
Bottom only

Habitat

Reef only
Corals
Rocks
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Ectoparasite cleaner
Data

Diet

Data
Sessile worms
Ectoparasites
Sessile crustacea

Egg Type

Benthic
No data
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

East Pacific endemic
All species
Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

Regional Endemism

Continental TEP endemic
TEP endemic
Continent only
Continent
All species
3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

4.6

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

21

Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system: Species Data Report

Sun 05th Feb, 2023 03:19 pm

Species - Tigrigobius puncticulatus

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Bottom only

Habitat

Reef only

Corals

Rocks

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Ectoparasite cleaner

Data

Diet

Sessile crustacea

Data

Sessile worms

Ectoparasites

Reproduction

Egg Type

Pelagic larva

Benthic

No data

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

East Pacific endemic

All species

Regional Endemism

Continental TEP endemic

TEP endemic

Continent only

Continent

All species

3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)

Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)

Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

4.6

Depth

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

21

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

29.988

Latitude Limit S

-3.6317

Longitude Limit W

-115.7598

Longitude Limit E

-77.706

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

33.6197

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

-38.0538

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

13.1782, -96.7329

Range Polygon Area: Km²

14,485,574 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

15.4277, -96.0134

Habitat Area

80,967 sq km

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

124

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

13,517,164 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

12.525,-95.45425

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