Species: Tigrigobius inornatus, Inornate goby
head orange + 3 white bars
body yellow + 5 wide internal brown bars
pectoral 19
Tigrigobius inornatus Bussing, 1990
Inornate goby
Elongate; head depressed; 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; gill rakers 6 (5-7); dorsal VII (1st spine filamentous in both sexes, longer in male)+ I, 10 (9-10); anal rays I, 9 (8-9); pectoral rays 19 (18-21); pelvic fins fused in a disc; tail rounded; no scales.
Head orange-red or pinkish, with 3 white bars; an additional white bar at level of pectoral fin base; body translucent yellow with 5 broad, internal brown bars, pale interspaces narrower; tail fin yellow..
Size: to 3.3 cm.
Inhabits coral and rocky reefs.
Depth: 5-30 m.
Costa Rica to Colombia.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Ectoparasites
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Panamic province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
