Biology:Tusked goby
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Risor Ginsburg, 1933 |
| Species: | R. ruber
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| 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.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Risor ruber" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2786735 entry
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