Caspian tubenose goby

Proterorhinus semipellucidus

Goby Seen in Asian Waters

Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Asia (unspecified)
Temperate fish

Proterorhinus semipellucidus is a species of gobiid fish, a tubenose goby originally described from the Gharasu River near Gorgan Bay of the Caspian Sea in Iran. Following the systematic decomposition of the tubenose gobies it was suggested to be a more widespread and invasive taxon distributed in the fresh waters of the Caspian Sea basin. It may be the same species as that known as Proterorhinus nasalis.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Proterorhinus
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia: Caspian Sea, from a single specimen taken at the mouth of the Kasaru River falling into Astrabad Bay.

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