FB-25971 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25971 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Blenniidae Aidablennius Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1836) Gav Mahi Lenkoran Azov tadpole goby Azovskaya pugolovka азовская пуголовка 馬氏瘤鰕虎魚 马氏瘤鰕虎鱼 Benthophilus macrocephalus magistri Iljin, 1927 1997-01-20 2014-01-20 Svetovidov, A.N.0 Handbook of the fauna of the USSR, fishes of the Black Sea. Izdatel'stvo Nauka, Moscow, 550 p. (Ref. 897) Berg, L.S.0 Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 3, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949). (Ref. 2058) Smirnov, A.I.0 Fauna of Ukraine. Fishes. Perch-like Fishes (Gobies, scorpion fishes, flatfishes, clingfishes, anglerfishes. (Fauna Ukrainy. Ryby. Okune obraznye (Bychkovidnye), scorpenoobraznye, kambaloobraznye, prisoskoperoobraznye, udilshchikoobraznye). Kiev, Naukova Dumka Publishing House, 8(5). (Ref. 12304) Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov0 An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736. (Ref. 26334) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Coad, B.W.0 Systematic biodiversity in the freshwater fishes of Iran. Ital. J. Zool. 65:101-108. (Ref. 31728) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Common names of Russian freshwater fishes. Spreadsheet with cyrillic names made available for inclusion in FishBase. Unpublished. (Ref. 45043) Coad, B.W.0 Freshwater fishes of Iran: checklists of Farsi names. Retrieved July 16, 2003, from http://www.purethrottle.com/briancoad/checklists/farsinameslist.htm (Ref. 47866) Reshetnikov, Y.S.0 Atlas of Russian freshwater fishes, Vol. 2. Moscow Nauka. (Ref. 50519) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka0 REGIONAL CHECK-LISTS: Don River Drainage Area. In Website and Database: "Freshwater Fishes of Russia": A Source of Information on the Current State of the Fauna. Zoological Institute RAS. (Ref. 58293) Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka0 REGIONAL CHECK-LISTS: Kuban River Drainage Area. In Website and Database: "Freshwater Fishes of Russia": A Source of Information on the Current State of the Fauna. Zoological Institute RAS. (Ref. 58296) Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof0 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-25973 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-20 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25973 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Stays in the biocoenosis of the estuarine silts (Ref. 2058). Occurs in fresh and slightly brackish waters with salinity below 11 ppt , usually over mud bottom. It lives about a year. Females probably lay eggs in 2-3 portions within or under a molluscs shell and the adults die soon after spawning. Feeds mainly on molluscs, crustaceans and chironomid larvae. (Ref.59043). Coad, B.W. 1998 Systematic biodiversity in the freshwater fishes of Iran. Ital. J. Zool. 65:101-108. (Ref. 31728) FB-DiagnosticDescr-25973 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-06-18 00:00:00 2010-06-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25973 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: head tubercles and granules of almost equal size; tubercle on dorsal midline of head behind eye absent; numerous, densely set granules, covering whole body except abdominal are; tubercles in dorsal row 28-30, ventral row 23-25, upper and lower lateral rows more than 20, size small, especially in caudal area, while for the dorsal row, increasing from head to base of dorsal; branched rays in D2 9-11.5, A 8-10.5; body without dark blotches (Ref. 59043). Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Distribution-25973 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-20 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25973 Europe: Sea of Azov. Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Size-25973 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-20 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25973 8.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2058)) Berg, L.S. 1965 Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 3, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949). (Ref. 2058) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-25973 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-20 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25973 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses demersal; freshwater; brackish