Salgir gudgeon (Gobio krymensis)

Scientific name: Gobio krymensis Banarescu & Nalbant, 1973

Salgir gudgeon (Gobio krymensis)

The Salgir gudgeon (Gobio krymensis) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. Native range: Europe, Salgir, Alma, and Bel Bek drainages (southern Crimea) in Ukraine. Population from stream Kacha (Crimea) may represent a distinct species.

Biology

Can be diagnosed from its congeners in Black and Caspian Sea basins by having the following characters: scales between anus and anal origin 4-8 (usually 5-6); breast scaled between pectorals, scales reaching forward beyond pectoral base (at least in some individuals of any population ); barbel reaching beyond anterior eye margin, often to middle of eye, its length 19-27% HL, 1.6-2.3 times in snout length; snout length greater than postorbital distance; head length 25-28% SL; head depth 14-17% SL at nape, 47-50% HL at eye; body depth 17-25% SL; head width 15-16% SL, 46-61% HL; eye diameter 5-6% SL, 2.7-3.4 times in head depth, 1.4-1.7 times in interorbital distance (at 7-10 cm SL); and caudal peduncle depth 32-40% HL.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Gobio krymensis
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Europe: Salgir, Alma, and Bel Bek drainages (southern Crimea) in Ukraine. Population from stream Kacha (Crimea) may represent a distinct species.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(ii,iii,v))
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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