- Marine tubenose goby
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Marine tubenose goby 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Gobiidae Subfamily: Benthophilinae Genus: Proterorhinus Species: P. marmoratus Binomial name Proterorhinus marmoratus
(Pallas, 1814)
The range of the Marine Tubenose goby Synonyms The marine tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus) is a brackish-water species of fish in the Gobiidae family. It is widely distributed in desalinated parts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, near the coasts of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.
During the long period this fish was considered as only representative of the genus Proterorhinus. But it was redescribed as several cryptic species based on the molecular analysis[1]. Now P. marmoratus is considered only for marine and brackish waters of the Black Sea basin. All cases of registrations of P. marmoratus in fresh waters mean the western tubenose goby P. semilunaris in deed.
References
- ^ Stepien, Carol A.; Tumeo, Mark A. (2006). "Invasion Genetics of Ponto-Caspian Gobies in the Great Lakes: A ‘Cryptic’ Species, Absence of Founder Effects, and Comparative Risk Analysis". Biological Invasions 8: 61. doi:10.1007/s10530-005-0237-x.
External links
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Proterorhinus marmoratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- Proterorhinus marmoratus - Fishes of waters of Ukraine
Media related to Proterorhinus marmoratus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Animals described in 1814
- Fish of the Black Sea
- Fish of Europe
- Fish of Ukraine
- Proterorhinus
- Gobiidae stubs
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