Spotted toad goby

Spotted toad goby
Spotted toad goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Benthophilinae
Genus: Mesogobius
Species: M. nigronotatus
Binomial name
Mesogobius nigronotatus
(Kessler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gobius nigronotatus Kessler, 1877

Spotted toad goby (Mesogobius nigronotatus) is a fish species in the family Gobiidae, which is widespread in the Caspian Sea. Up to 6 cm by length. Absent in the fresh waters, inhabits the depth up to 43 m. Poor studied species, possible is a synonym of Mesogobius nonultimus.

References

  • Mesogobius nigronotatus at FishBase
  • Bogutskaya N.G., Naseka A.M. (2004) The catalog of Agnaths and Fishes of fresh and brackish waters of Russia with nomenclature and taxonomic comments. Moscow, Tovarishchestvo nauchnyh izdaniy KMK, 389 pp. [1] (in Russian)