Tigrigobius
Sign in to saveTigrigobius is a genus of small, often strikingly colored gobies native to warmer parts of the east Pacific and west Atlantic, including the Gulf of California and Caribbean. They were formerly included in Gobiosoma. Some species of Tigrigobius are known to act as cleaners.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGobiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- Panama, Venezuela
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Tigrigobius is a genus of small, often strikingly colored gobies native to warmer parts of the east Pacific and west Atlantic, including the Gulf of California and Caribbean. They were formerly included in Gobiosoma. Some species of Tigrigobius are known to act as cleaners.
==Species== There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: Tigrigobius digueti Pellegrin, 1901 (Banded cleaner goby) Tigrigobius dilepis C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1964 (Orangesided goby) Tigrigobius gemmatum Ginsburg, 1939 (Frecklefin goby) Tigrigobius harveyi Victor, 2014 (Cayman greenbanded goby) Tigrigobius janssi W. A. Bussing, 1981 (Spotback goby) Tigrigobius limbaughi Hoese & Reader, 2001 (Widebanded cleaning goby) Tigrigobius macrodon Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928 (Tiger goby) Tigrigobius multifasciatus Steindachner, 1876 (Greenbanded goby) Tigrigobius nesiotes W. A. Bussing, 1990 Tigrigobius pallens Ginsburg, 1939 (Semiscaled goby) Tigrigobius panamensis Victor, 2010 (Panamanian greenbanded goby) Tigrigobius rubrigenis Victor, 2010 (Redcheek goby) Tigrigobius saucrum C. R. Robins, 1960 (Leopard goby) Tigrigobius zebrella C. R. Robins, 1958 (Zebrette goby)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tigrigobius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.