Proterorhinus tataricus

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Proterorhinus tataricus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Proterorhinus
Species: P. tataricus
Binomial name
Proterorhinus tataricus
(Freyhof & Naseka, 2007)

The Crimean Tatar goby (Proterorhinus tataricus) is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. It is found in Crimea, Ukraine.

Proterorhinus tataricus inhabits a short stretch of River Chornaya where water is extracted in large quantities for irrigation and the species faces a critical risk of extinction in a near future.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Freyhof, Jörg and Alexander M. Naseka (2007). "Proterorhinus tataricus, a new tubenose goby from Crimea, Ukraine (Teleostei: Gobiidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18 (4): 325–334. [1]