Tusked goby
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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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The Tusked goby (Risor ruber), is a species of goby native to reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean from southern Florida to the Bahamas and south to northern Brazil. The 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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