South Caucasian gudgeon
(Redirected from Romanogobio macropterus)
| South Caucasian gudgeon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Gobionidae |
| Genus: | Romanogobio |
| Species: | R. macropterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Romanogobio macropterus (Kamensky, 1901) | |
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The South Caucasian gudgeon (Romanogobio macropterus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.[2] This fish is found in the Kura and Aras drainages flowing to the southwest Caspian Sea from headwaters in Turkey down to lower reaches in Azerbaijan and Iran.[3]
This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[4]
Etymology
[edit]The fish's name means large finned.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Romanogobio macropterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T19449302A19849786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19449302A19849786.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Romanogobio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ↑ Naseka, A.M. and J. Freyhof, 2004. Romanogobio parvus, a new gudgeon from River Kuban, southern Russia (Cyprinidae, Gobioninae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(1):17-23.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Romanogobio macropterus". FishBase. November 2016 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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