Mesogobius
Mesogobius is one of the genera of benthophiline gobiid fishes native to the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas.
| Mesogobius | |
|---|---|
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| Mesogobius batrachocephalus, the knout goby | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Mesogobius Bleeker, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius batrachocephalus Pallas, 1814 | |
Species
There are two or three recognized species in this genus:.[1][2]
- Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814) (Knout goby)
- Mesogobius nigronotatus (Kessler, 1877) (? = M. nonultimus)[2]
- Mesogobius nonultimus (Iljin, 1936)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mesogobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)
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