| Chornaya tubenose goby | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Benthophilinae |
| Genus: | Proterorhinus |
| Species: | P. tataricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Proterorhinus tataricus Freyhof & Naseka, 2007 |
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The Chornaya tubenose goby, or Crimean Tatar goby, Proterorhinus tataricus, is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. It is found in Crimea, Ukraine.
It 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.[2]