Turan's goby

Ponticola turani
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
  • Neogobius turani Kovačić & Engín, 2008

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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola turani" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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