Turan's goby

Turan's goby
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Ponticola
Species:	P. turani
Binomial name
Ponticola turani (Kovačić & Engin, 2008)
Synonyms
Neogobius turani Kovačić & Engín, 2008

Turan's goby (Ponticola turani) is a Ponto-Caspian species of goby endemic fish native to Turkey where it is only found in the Aksu Deresi stream. This species is found in a fresh water stream with a substrate of rounded pebbles. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL while females only reach 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) SL.^[2]

The fish is named after Turkish biologist, Dr. Davut Turan.

References

1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Ponticola turani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19513755A19849709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19513755A19849709.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ponticola turani". FishBase. June 2013 version.