Neogobius pallasi
| Neogobius pallasi | |
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| A specimen from the northern Caspian Sea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Benthophilinae |
| Genus: | Neogobius |
| Species: | N. pallasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neogobius pallasi (L. S. Berg, 1916) | |
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Neogobius pallasi, the Caspian sand goby[2] or the Caspian monkey goby,[2] is a species of fish native to fresh and brackish waters of the Caspian Sea basin including the Volga drainage up to the vicinity of Moscow. It has been introduced into the Aral basin. This species of goby can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It is also important to local commercial fisheries.[2]
Earlier it was considered as the Caspian subspecies of the Monkey goby, N. fluviatilis pallasi, but is now considered a full species in its own right.[3]
References
- ↑ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Neogobius pallasi. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neogobius pallasi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Neilson M.E., Stepien C.A. (2009) Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(1): 84-102.
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