Cyprinidae

Northern whitefin gudgeon

Romanogobio belingi

Eleven Point Five Centimeters Carp of European Waters

• White
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

The northern whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio belingi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. It is distributed in the northern Black Sea basin (Dniester, Southern Bug, and Dnieper riverine systems), and southern Baltic Sea basin (Oder, Vistula), southern North Sea basin (Elbe, Rhine). Also, reports from lakes Ilmen and Ladoga and its basins have been made, which are questionable.