Gobio hettitorum

Gobio hettitorum
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Gobio
Species: G. hettitorum
Binomial name
Gobio hettitorum
Ladiges, 1960

Gobio hettitorum or the Taurus gudgeon[1] (also cited as dere kayasi[2]) is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in a single stream in Turkey. It is listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is threatened by habitat loss but not by pollution.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Freyhof, J. 2014. Gobio hettitorum. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2014.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Gobio hettitorum" in FishBase. April 2006 version.. Downloaded on 22 July 2014.