Volga dwarf goby
Volga dwarf goby | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Hyrcanogobius |
Species: | H. bergi |
Binomial name | |
Hyrcanogobius bergi Iljin, 1928 | |
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Hyrcanogobius bergi, the Volga dwarf goby, is a species of goby endemic to the Caspian Sea where it occurs in fresh, brackish and marine waters along the coast. Unusually for gobies, this species is almost a pelagic fish. This species grows to a length of 3.6 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the Soviet zoologist Lev Berg (1876-1950) who described many new species of goby from the Caspian Sea.[3]
References
- ↑ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Knipowitschia bergi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135608A4160102. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hyrcanogobius bergi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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