Turan's goby
Turan's goby (Ponticola turani) is a Ponto-Caspian species of goby endemic fish native to Turkey where it is only found in the Aksu Deresi stream. This species is found in a fresh water stream with a substrate of rounded pebbles. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL while females only reach 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) SL.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Ponticola |
| Species: | P. turani |
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| Ponticola turani (Kovačić & Engin, 2008) | |
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References
- Freyhof, J. (2014). "Ponticola turani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19513755A19849709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19513755A19849709.en.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ponticola turani" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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