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Tusked goby
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Risor
Ginsburg, 1933
Species: R. ruber
Binomial name
Risor ruber
(N. Rosén, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Garmannia rubra Rosén, 1911

Risor ruber, the Tusked goby, is a species of goby native to reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean from southern Florida to the Bahamas and south to northern Brazil. This species associates with barrel sponges, sometimes living within the sponge. This species can reach a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.

References

  1. Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Aiken, K.A.; Tornabene, L. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Risor ruber". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185898A1787002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185898A1787002.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Risor ruber". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Risor ruber


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