Volga dwarf goby

Hyrcanogobius bergi, the Volga dwarf goby, is a species of goby endemic to the Caspian Sea where it occurs in fresh, brackish and marine waters along the coast. Unusually for gobies, this species is almost a pelagic fish. This species grows to a length of 3.6 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the Soviet zoologist Lev Berg (1876-1950) who described many new species of goby from the Caspian Sea.[3]

Volga dwarf goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Hyrcanogobius
Species:
H. bergi
Binomial name
Hyrcanogobius bergi
Iljin, 1928
Synonyms
  • Knipowitschia bergi (Iljin, 1928)

References

  1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Knipowitschia bergi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135608A4160102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135608A4160102.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Hyrcanogobius bergi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 September 2018.


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