Black Sea tadpole-goby

Benthophilus nudus

Dam building carried it all the way to Kiev

Black Sea tadpole-goby is a freshwater fish from Europe. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Benthophilus
Maximum length: 15 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Europe: in Tendrovskiy Bay, occurs in limans and coastal lakes of north-western Black Sea, lakes of Danube delta; in rivers, found rather far upstream from Danube to Iron Gate dam, Dniester to Bendery, South Bug to Aleksandrovskaya dam (formerly) Gard rapids. Invasive in Dnieper reservoirs after damming in late 1940s where it now reaches up to Kiev and Ingulets up to Snegirevka.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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