Turan's goby
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Ponticola |
Species: | P. turani
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Binomial name | |
Ponticola turani | |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ponticola turani" in FishBase. June 2013 version.