| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
9.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; brackish |
| Distribution: |
Europe: River Chornaya in Crimea, Ukraine. |
| Diagnosis: |
Anal soft rays: 15-18. Distinguished from all congeners by having 45-54+2-3 scales in midlateral series; nuptial males with hump behind eye; head length 26-29% SL; anal fin with 15-17½ rays, mode 17½ ; second dorsal fin with 18-19½ rays, mode 18½ (Ref. 75105).
Description: first dorsal fin with 6 rays; second dorsal fin with 18½-19½ rays. Scales between anal-fin origin and second dorsal-fin base 15-18 (Ref. 75105). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in moderately fast flowing and stagnant portions of medium-sized stream (Ref. 75105); flow of about 10 m3/s.. No data on biology known so far. It is still abundant in a very limited stretch of stream (about 25 km long), but s declining, if water abstraction (large quantities extracted for irrigation) intensifies, the whole stream might dry in summer (Ref. 59043). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 (B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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