Biology:Danube whitefin gudgeon

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Short description: Species of fish

Danube whitefin gudgeon
Romanogobio vladykovi.jpg
from the Morava River, Czech Republic
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Romanogobio
Species:
R. vladykovi
Binomial name
Romanogobio vladykovi
(P. W. Fang, 1943)
Synonyms
  • Gobio vladykovi P. W. Fang, 1943

The Danube whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio vladykovi)[2] is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in the Danube drainage. The maximal length is 11.5 cm, maximal reported age 4 years.

This species reaches a length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[3]

Etymology

Named in honor of ichthyologist Vadim D. Vladykov (1898-1986)[4]

References

  1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Romanogobio vladykovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T135652A4171268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135652A4171268.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135652/4171268. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Romanogobio vladykovi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/. 

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q2886942 entry