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Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814)

Monkey goby
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Babka, Bychok-peschanik, Monkey goby
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Dnieper, Don, Kuban, rivers of the Black Sea coasts, regions with low salinity along the Caspian coasts, and the Volga Delta (Ref. 26334). EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: 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. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Neogobius: Greek, neos = new + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

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

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic.   Temperate; 4°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 56°N - 36°N, 25°E - 54°E

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