Eastern tubenose goby

Eastern tubenose goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Benthophilinae
Genus: Proterorhinus
Species: P. nasalis
Binomial name
Proterorhinus nasalis
(De Filippi, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Gobius nasalis De Filippi, 1963

The eastern tubenose goby (Proterorhinus nasalis) is a species of gobiid fish native to fresh and brackish waters of the basins of the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea and has invaded the upper reaches of the Volga River from its native occurrence in the delta. This species prefers slow flowing rivers or still waters with plentiful rocks or vegetation. It can reach a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL.[2] It is probably the same species as that recently treated as Proterorhinus semipellucidus (or P. cf. semipellucidus).[3]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Proterorhinus nasalis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 September 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Proterorhinus nasalis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 22 Feb 2015)


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