Biology:Turan's goby

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Turan's goby
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ponticola
Species:
P. turani
Binomial name
Ponticola turani
(Kovačić & Engin, 2008)
Synonyms
  • Neogobius turani Kovačić & Engín, 2008

Turan's goby (Ponticola turani) is a Ponto-Caspian species of goby endemic fish native to Turkey where it is only found in the Aksu Deresi stream. This species is found in a fresh water stream with a substrate of rounded pebbles. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL while females only reach 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) SL.[2]

The fish is named after Turkish biologist, Dr. Davut Turan.

References

  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Ponticola turani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T19513755A19849709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19513755A19849709.en. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola turani" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3757348 entry