Northern whitefin gudgeon

Northern whitefin gudgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Romanogobio
Species: R. belingi
Binomial name
Romanogobio belingi
(Slastenenko, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Gobio belingi Slastenenko, 1934

The northern whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio belingi)[1] is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is distributed in the Northern Black Sea basin (Dniester, Southern Bug and Dnieper riverine systems), Southern Baltic Sea basin (Oder, Vistula), Southern North Sea basin (Elbe, Rhine). There are also reports from lakes Ilmen and Ladoga and its basins, which are questionable. The maximal length is 11.5 cm, maximal reported age 5 years.

References

  1. Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.

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