Economidichthys pygmaeus

Economidichthys pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Economidichthys
Species: E. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Economidichthys pygmaeus
(Holly, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Gobius pygmaeus Holly, 1929
  • Pomatoschistus pygmaeus (Holly, 1929)
  • Gobius martensii prevesicus Stephanidis, 1939

Economidichthys pygmaeus, the Western Greece goby, is a species of freshwater goby endemic to western Greece where it is an inhabitant of streams and rivers. It is suspected to also occur in Albania. Males of this species can reach a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) TL while females can reach a length of 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Economidichthys pygmaeus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 August 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Economidichthys pygmaeus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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