Tusked goby
(Redirected from Risor)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Risor ruber". FishBase. June 2013 version.
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