Mesogobius
Mesogobius | |
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Mesogobius batrachocephalus, the knout goby | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Mesogobius Bleeker, 1874 |
Type species | |
Gobius batrachocephalus Pallas, 1814 |
Mesogobius is a genus of Gobiidae, native to the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas.
Species
[edit]There are two or three recognized species in this genus:.[1][2]
- Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814) (Knout goby)
- Mesogobius nigronotatus (Kessler, 1877) (? = M. nonultimus)[2]
- Mesogobius nonultimus (Iljin, 1936)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mesogobius". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)