Mesogobius nonultimus

Mesogobius nonultimus
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Gobioidei
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Benthophilinae
Genus:	Mesogobius
Species:	M. nonultimus
Binomial name
	Mesogobius nonultimus; (Iljin, 1936)
Synonyms
	Gobius nonultimus Iljin, 1936;

Mesogobius nonultimus, or the Caspian toad goby, is one of the species of gobiid fish endemic to the brackish-waters Caspian Sea (lake). It will grow up to a length of 17.4 cm.^[1]

It has been recorded from Turkmenistan, Daghestan, Azerbaijan and Iran, and is probably found throughout the lake, in the coastal zone down to 50 m depth.^[2]^[1] Its sister taxon in the Black Sea basin is Mesogobius batrachocephalus.

References

^ ^a ^b Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mesogobius nonultimus". FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[BWC-1] Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mesogobius nonultimus". FishBase. June 2013 version.

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