Duckbill pugolovka
| Duckbill pugolovka | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Anatirostrum Iljin, 1930 |
| Species: | A. profundorum
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| Anatirostrum profundorum (L. S. Berg, 1927)
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The duckbill pugolovka (Anatirostrum profundorum) is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the southern part of the Caspian Sea. It is characterized by its special flattened and elongated head that resembles a duck's bill.[1] It is the only known species in its genus.[2]
It was initially found in 1904 at a depth of 294 metres (965 ft) (arguably 447 m). Only recently more samples of this species have been collected from Iranian waters, where it mainly lives at 50–100 m depth. The fish are on average 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long and at maximum 13 cm.[1]
References
- ^ a b Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anatirostrum profundorum". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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