Chornaya tubenose goby

Chornaya tubenose goby
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Benthophilinae
Genus:	Proterorhinus
Species:	P. tataricus
Binomial name
Proterorhinus tataricus Freyhof & Naseka, 2007

The Chornaya tubenose goby, or Crimean Tatar goby, Proterorhinus tataricus, is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. It is found in Crimea, Ukraine.

It inhabits a short stretch of River Chornaya where water is extracted in large quantities for irrigation and the species faces a critical risk of extinction in a near future.^[2]

References

1. ^ J. Freyhof & M. Kottelat (2008). "Proterorhinus tataricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/135488. Retrieved February 7, 2010. 
2. ^ Freyhof, Jörg and Alexander M. Naseka (2007). "Proterorhinus tataricus, a new tubenose goby from Crimea, Ukraine (Teleostei: Gobiidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18 (4): 325–334. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief18_4_05.pdf. 

External links

• Photograph at Arkive
• Proterorhinus tataricus in FishBase

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