Jump to content

Proterorhinus semipellucidus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Caspian tubenose goby)

Proterorhinus semipellucidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Proterorhinus
Species:
P. semipellucidus
Binomial name
Proterorhinus semipellucidus
(Kessler, 1877)
Suggested range of P. semipellucidus[1]
Synonyms
  • Gobius semipellucidus Kessler, 1877

Proterorhinus semipellucidus is a species of gobiid fish, a tubenose goby originally described from the Gharasu River near Gorgan Bay of the Caspian Sea in Iran. Following the systematic decomposition of the tubenose gobies it was suggested to be a more widespread and invasive taxon distributed in the fresh waters of the Caspian Sea basin.[1][2] It may be the same species as that known as Proterorhinus nasalis.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Neilson M.E., Stepien C.A. (2009) Evolution and phylogeography of the tubenose goby genus Proterorhinus (Gobiidae: Teleostei): evidence for new cryptic species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96(3): 664–684.[1]
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Proterorhinus semipellucidus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 22 Feb 2015)
[edit]