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Ponticola iranicus Vasil'eva, Mousavi-Sabet & Vasil'ev, 2015

Iranian Goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: iranicus: Named for its distribution in Iranian territory of the Caspian Sea basin..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Eurasia: Caspian Sea: rivers at the southwestern part; upper Sefid-Rud River and Gisum rivers, as well as rivers of the Anzeli Lagoon drainage (Massuleh, Pasikhan).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111277)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Anal spines: 1. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D1 VI, D2 I,(14½)15½-17½, A I,10½-3½; nape completely scaled, cycloid; cycloid scales covering upper part of opercle; lateral line system with sub-orbital row d continuous; predorsal area uniformly dark grey; D1 with oblique black stripe between first two or three rays; upper part of pectoral fin base with a short dark grey strip; karyotype consists of 46 acrocentric chromosomes

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs on bottoms covered with stones and boulders and with rapid currents (Ref. 104815).

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Vasil’eva, E.D., H.M. Mousavi-Sabet and V.P. Vasil’ev, 2015. Ponticola iranicus sp. nov. (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Caspian Sea basin. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 45(2):189-197. (Ref. 104815)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00555 - 0.01304), b=3.07 (2.95 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).