Black Sea tadpole-goby

The Black Sea tadpole-goby (Benthophilus nudus) is a species of goby native to the basin of the Black Sea. Found in the Gulf of Tendra and limans of the north-western Black Sea, lakes of the Danube Delta. In the rivers of the Black Sea basin: Danube up to Iron Gate dam, Dniester up to Tighina, Dnieper up to Kyiv, Southern Bug.^[2] This species is mostly a denizen of fresh and slightly brackish bodies of water, preferring rivers and deltas, limans and coastal lakes. This fish can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.^[3]

Black Sea tadpole-goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Benthophilus
Species:	B. nudus
Binomial name
Benthophilus nudus Berg, 1898
The range of the Black Sea tadpole-goby
Synonyms
Benthophilus macrocephalus nudus L. S. Berg, 1898 Benthophilus macrocephalus ponticus L. S. Berg, 1916

References

1. Freyhof, J. (2011). "Benthophilus nudus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T135604A4158452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135604A4158452.en.
2. Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96. Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Benthophilus nudus". FishBase. April 2013 version.