Turan's goby

Turan's goby
Scientific classification
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. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola turani" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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