Tusked goby

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]

For the locality in Norway, see Risør.

Tusked goby

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Risor
Ginsburg, 1933
Species:
R. ruber
Binomial name
Risor ruber
(N. Rosén, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Garmannia rubra Rosén, 1911

References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Risor ruber" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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