Tigrigobius
Tigrigobius | |
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Tigrigobius macrodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Tigrigobius Fowler, 1931 |
Type species | |
Gobiosoma macrodon Beebe & Tee-Van 1928
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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:
- Pellegrin, 1901 (Banded cleaner goby)
- C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1964 (Orangesided goby) [1]
- Ginsburg, 1939 (Frecklefin goby) [1]
- , 2014 (Cayman greenbanded goby) [1]
- W. A. Bussing, 1981 (Spotback goby)
- & , 2001 (Widebanded cleaning goby)
- Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928 (Tiger goby)
- Tigrigobius multifasciatus Steindachner, 1876 (Greenbanded goby) [1]
- Tigrigobius nesiotes W. A. Bussing, 1990
- Ginsburg, 1939 (Semiscaled goby) [1]
- , 2010 (Panamanian greenbanded goby) [1]
- , 2010 (Redcheek goby) [1]
- C. R. Robins, 1960 (Leopard goby) [1]
- C. R. Robins, 1958 (Zebrette goby)
References[]
Categories:
- Tigrigobius
- Gobiidae
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by William Beebe
- Gobiidae stubs