Species: Tigrigobius digueti, Banded cleaner-goby
head: red bars
body: external dark bars - thin, wavy
Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin, 1901)
Banded cleaner-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 (fin elongate in both sexes) + I, 10 (9-11); anal rays I, 9 (8-10); pectoral rays 18-20 (usually 19); pelvic fins fused in a disc; tail rounded; no scales.
Head translucent with 3-4 red bars; body translucent yellow with narrow wavy blackish bars that are narrower than the pale interspaces; dark internal blotches along mid-line of body.
Size: grows to 3.2 cm.
Inhabits coral and rocky reefs. Cleans parasites from the surface of other fishes.
Depth: 1-30 m.
Central Gulf of California to central Mexico.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Corals
- 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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- Data
- Carnivore
- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Diet
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- Ectoparasites
- Sessile worms
- Data
- Sessile crustacea
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
