tubenose goby

Proterorhinus marmoratus

Tubenose probes brackish margins

Temperate
Estuary
Restricted distribution
Fusiform
Small
Temperate fish

Proterorhinus marmoratus is a species of gobiid fish, a tubenose goby native to the brackish water parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, near the coasts of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. Also it is found in the Marmora Sea (Turkey).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Proterorhinus
Maximum length: 11.5 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eurasia: rivers and estuaries of Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Caspian Sea, including tributaries. In the Mediterranean, occurs only in the Evros and Strymon systems, which empty in the northern Aegean Sea.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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