Biology:Amur goby

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Amur goby
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Rhinogobius
Species:
R. similis
Binomial name
Rhinogobius similis
T. N. Gill, 1859
Synonyms
  • Gobius similis (T. N. Gill, 1859)
  • Tukugobius philippinus Herre, 1927

The Amur goby[1][2] (Rhinogobius similis) is a species of fresh water goby native to Japan and China , and widely introduced in several central Asian countries, where it has been reported as negatively impacted the local ecology. This species can reach 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length.[3]

References

  1. Kamilov, G. and Z.U. Urchinov, 1995. Fish and fisheries in Uzbekistan under the impact of irrigated agriculture. p. 10-41 In T. Petr (ed.) Inland fisheries under the impact of irrigated agriculture:Central Asia. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 894.
  2. Mitrofanov, V.P. and T. Petr, 1999. Fish and fisheries in the Altai, Northern Tien Shan and Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan). p. 149-167. In T. Petr (ed.) Fish and fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. No. 385. FAO, Rome. 304 p.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Rhinogobius similis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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