Turan's goby
| Ponticola turani | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Benthophilinae |
| Genus: | Ponticola |
| Species: | P. turani |
| Binomial name | |
| Ponticola turani (Kovačić & Engin, 2008) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turan's goby (Ponticola turani) is a Ponto-Caspian species of goby endemic to Turkey where it is only from 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.[1]
The fish is named after Turkish biologist, Dr. Davut Turan.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola turani" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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