Risor ruber
For the locality in Norway, see Risør.
| Risor ruber | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Risor Ginsburg, 1933 |
| Species: | R. ruber |
| Binomial name | |
| Risor ruber (N. Rosén, 1911) | |
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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.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Risor ruber" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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