Romanogobio parvus

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Romanogobio parvus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Gobionidae
Genus: Romanogobio
Species:
R. parvus
Binomial name
Romanogobio parvus

Romanogobio parvus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. [2] This species is endemic to the Kuban River in Russia. [3]

This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). [4]

Etymology

The fishes name means "little". [5]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Romanogobio parvus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T135723A4193248. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135723A4193248.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Romanogobio". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  3. Naseka, A.M. and J. Freyhof, 2004. Romanogobio parvus, a new gudgeon from River Kuban, southern Russia (Cyprinidae, Gobioninae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(1):17-23.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Romanogobio parvus". FishBase . November 2016 version.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 December 2023.